Venta Icenorum, meaning "Town of the Iceni",
Venta is
Brittonic, meaning 'town' or 'meeting-place'., located at modern-day
Caistor St Edmund in the
English county of
Norfolk, was the
civitas or capital of the
Iceni tribe, who inhabited the flatlands and marshes of that county and are famous for having revolted against
Roman rule under their queen
Boudica (or Boadicea) in the winter of 61 AD.