<P> Londinium was established as a civilian town by the Romans about seven years after the invasion of CE 43 . London , like Rome , was founded on the point of the river where it was narrow enough to bridge and the strategic location of the city provided easy access to much of Europe . Early Roman London occupied a relatively small area , roughly equivalent to the size of Hyde Park . In around CE 60 , it was destroyed by the Iceni led by their queen Boudica . The city was quickly rebuilt as a planned Roman town and recovered after perhaps 10 years , the city growing rapidly over the following decades . </P>
when did the city core of london that you see today get established and why
about seven years after the invasion of CE 43 easy access to much of Europe