LantonHHistory

**The history of Port Lanton **


 * Early Times in Port Lanton**

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Lanton was first occupied by the Romans around 123 years before Christ, and then it was called “Lantonia Riverbed”. The name came after Cliff Lantonia that clime to be the first man who discovered the area. In the next year to come there lived some few and far between farmers. They had perfect fishing possibilities; which most likely was what they lived of. In addition to this they haunted for animals. The population lived. Later, the land was invaded by Germans and Danish sailors in 1065. This set the start of the sailor tradition that Port Lanton is well-known for.   On the 11th and 12th century, many of the farmers where centralized nearby the Atlantic Ocean, which is the reason why you today find the centre here. They developed a special type of ships that they became known for allover Europe for its stability. In this period the population grew to a double.   // The start of a ship-city // (Source: [|Picture]) (Source: [|Picture]) //The slavery period //  <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The slavery period is often noted as the “shadow century”. An officer called Peter Rackelstone came to the city   <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> with his troupes and took over all the shipyards. He named the city: Peterland. He forced the inhabitants to make him ships that he used to travel over to Africa. He took home slaves from the other side of the Atlantic to work for him to build the city of his dreams. This resulted in many deaths in the city, because of all the man that died on sea and of the new disease that came from Africa. After a ten years time the inhabitants of Lanton were able to take their land back after a long and tiring war. Port Lanton today** Right after the shadow century they started to rebuild the city. First step was starting to use a new version of the old city name: Port Lanton. Today the city is divided in to two parts by the river. In the old town the spirit of an old ship region is still in the streets. Here you can find Lanton University with a high standard. In the new parts you can find more modern houses and huge hotels.