National Roman Legion Museum (English verson)
At the National Roman Legion Museum you can learn what made the Romans such a formidable force.
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At the National Roman Legion Museum you can learn what made the Romans such a formidable force.
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National Roman Museum and Roman Ruins | Caerleon
Footage taken on a recent trip to the National Roman Museum, Roman Baths and Roman Ruins in Caerleon, South Wales. Includes ruins of Roman baths, an amphitheatre, Roman barracks and the museum.
Places to see in ( Caerleon - UK )
Places to see in ( Caerleon - UK )
Caerleon is a suburban town and community, situated on the River Usk in the northern outskirts of the city of Newport, Wales. Caerleon is a site of archaeological importance, being the location of a notable Roman legionary fortress, Isca Augusta, and an Iron Age hillfort. The Wales National Roman Legion Museum and Roman Baths Museum are in Caerleon close to the remains of Isca Augusta. The town also has strong literary associations, as Geoffrey of Monmouth makes Caerleon one of the most important cities in Britain in his Historia Regum Britanniæ, and Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote Idylls of the King while staying there.
Caerleon is a site of considerable archaeological importance as the location of a Roman legionary fortress or castra. It was the headquarters for Legio II Augusta from about 75 to 300 AD, and on the hill above was the site of an Iron Age hillfort. Substantial excavated Roman remains can be seen, including the military amphitheatre, thermae (baths) and barracks occupied by the Roman Legion. In August 2011 the remains of a Roman harbour were discovered in Caerleon.
During the Welsh Revolt in 1402 Rhys Gethin, General for Owain Glyndŵr, took Caerleon Castle together with those of Newport, Cardiff, Llandaff, Abergavenny, Caerphilly and Usk by force. This was probably the last time Caerleon castle was ruined, though the walls were still standing in 1537 and the castle ruins only finally collapsed in 1739 - their most obvious remnant is the Round Tower at the Hanbury Arms public house. The Tower is a Grade II* listed building
The old wooden Caerleon Bridge was destroyed in a storm in 1779 and the present stone version was erected in the early 19th century. Until the Victorian development of the downstream docks at Newport Docks, Caerleon acted as the major port on the River Usk. The wharf was located on the right bank, to the west of today's river bridge which marked the limit of navigability for masted ships. A tinplate works and mills were established on the outskirts of the town, in Ponthir, around this time, and Caerleon expanded to become almost joined to Newport.
A plaque on the Mynde wall in High Street references the Newport Rising of 1839 in which John Frost of Newport was a prominent figure in the Chartist movement. John Jenkins, owner of Mynde House and owner of Ponthir Tin Plate works, built the wall to keep demonstrators out. The name of the former Drovers' Arms on Goldcroft Common bore witness to the ancient drovers' road on the old road from Malpas. It is thought that the common itself was once the site of a cattle market.
Caerleon is centred around a small common. Goldcroft Common is the only remaining of the seven commons of Caerleon. Most of the small businesses of Caerleon are near the common as is the Town Hall which has a World War I and World War II memorial garden. Caerleon library is located within the Town Hall and is associated with Newport Central Library. The intersection of High Street and Cross Street is known as The Square.
Buildings of note are Saint Cadoc's Church, the National Roman Legion Museum, the Roman Baths Museum, The Mynde, The Priory Hotel, Caerleon Catholic Church and Rectory, Caerleon Endowed School, the Round Tower, the Toll House at Caerleon Bridge, The Malt House hotel, former University of South Wales Caerleon Campus and St Cadoc's Hospital. The historic remains of the Roman Legionary Fortress Isca Augusta is popular with tourists and school parties and there is a marked heritage trail in the town. The Millennium Wildlife Garden is a small nature garden on the banks of the River Usk. The hilltop vantage point at Christchurch provides panoramic views of the Vale of Usk and Bristol Channel.
The municipal playing fields are at Caerleon Broadway and a children's playground is in Cold Bath Road. Private sport and leisure facilities are available at the Celtic Manor. Caerleon has a few restaurants, cafés and take-away food outlets and many public houses that have restaurant facilities. The Ffwrrwm is a small specialist shopping courtyard with an eclectic display of sculpture. Caerleon also has its own station of Gwent Police and an active community policing presence.
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The Ermine Street Guard | Caerleon Amphitheatre | 19/08/2012
Now available in HD:
Here is the full Ermine Street Guard Roman Reenactment group performing at Caerleon Amphitheatre as part of the National Roman Legion Museum's Empire: A Roman Spectacular. As I said in the video, I recorded it in full HD (1920x1080/50p), but it would take so long to upload and use so much of my Broadband limit, that I have put it into a lower resolution. I hope you enjoy all the same. I also only took one camera and filmed the whole thing handheld as I made way there on a my bike. Next year, I'll see if I can get some more cameras and crew down there and we can do a multi-camera production.
About what went on: Celebrating their 40th Anniversary, Britain's top and longest running Roman re enactment group, The Ermine Street Guard, return to Caerleon to amaze the crowds with outstanding military displays.
Watch in wonder as the horses are put through their paces in the arena! See ancient machines of war shoot missiles high into the air, and daring riders show the speed and grace of the Roman cavalry.
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roman vs celts 2nd display at big cheese festival July 30th 2016
this is the 2nd display where the celts beat the romans. its at the caerphilly castle and teamed up by st fagans and national roman legion museum in caerleon. a great historical piece of entertainment for families and fans of roman culture with the welsh life which you dont hear much about.
Caerleon Roman Fortress of Isca - Roman Ruins in Newport in South Wales
Describes the roman remains at Caerleon in South Wales built by the Second Augustan Legion in the first century.
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Narrated by Heather McGregor
Camera Assistant: Joanne Stacey
Music by Peter John Ross
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Contact Information: High quality copies available featuring new scenes including The Ermine Street Guard. Details from aztecenterprisefilms@hotmail.com
Contact information: High quality copies available featuring new scenes including The Ermine Street Guard. Details from aztecenterprisefilms@hotmail.com
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Empire: A Roman Spectacular 27th aug 2016 Caerleon
this was filmed today saturday, of a training display by the Ermine street guard and cavalry. A great display of varied weaponry used against the enemy in the Amphitheatre Arena in Caerleon, south wales. The cavalry were good cutting food with swords by charging fast and throwing javelings, while the soldiers did hand to hand combat and throwing javellings, as well as marching. I also took photos of the event which will be on my facebook page. i also filmed other little bits of the event before leaving at 3 as it started raining, plus i didnt want my make up wounds on my face to fall off after being out in the sun for a few hours, which was starting to peel away.
roman fighting display at big cheese festival, 30th July 2016
caerphilly castle had a great historical re enactment display for the public crowd at the big cheese festival during the weekend. this is the full introduction and fight. Based in Caerleon and st fagans both groups can be found on facebook and twitter and the internet. The national Roman legion museum.
A trip to Caerleon Roman Fortress
Matthew and I went to Caerleon for a couple of hours and checked out the roman baths, Amphitheatre, barracks and the roman legion museum. Caerleon is just outside Newport in South Wales.
Some web links if you're interested.
Matthew's channel.
romans legionary museum caerleon
think im a part of history as i was one of the builders to rebuild this place as a nuke fall out shelter .which not a lot of people know only collar and tie,s was gonna be let in .not us poor chaps in wellies..
Battle for Wales
An animated film that explains what happened when the Roman army came to Wales and faced the native Silures. This film was made by teachers as part of a training programme in partnership with Newport LEA.
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Gwefan Amgueddfa Lleng Rufeinig Cymru:
Hadrian's Wall - Housesteads Fort Walkthrough - Medieval Engineers
My latest build takes you up onto Hadrian's Wall itself. Housesteads Fort is one of the Wall forts, and one of the most famous Roman forts in the world. Its dramatic setting at the top of a long ridge makes it an imposing sight, even today. I wanted to re-create what it would have looked like in the 3rd Century, based on archaeology done in 1898, the 1930s, and the 1970s-80s.
A Roman fort wasn't just a fort. It was the nucleus of a living landscape. And it's been a lot of fun putting this fort & its landscape back together. I hope you enjoy!
Please visit my Housesteads Roman Fort reconstruction home page, hosted by Steam, at: If you have the game Medieval Engineers ($20 on Steam), you can download my fort for free and explore it all yourself!
Thanks to Keen Software House for making this fab software, and to Steam for hosting the game & forums.
Caerleon Roman Remains
One of the best collection of Roman remains in the UK - Caerleon has a Barracks, Amphitheatre and Baths together with an excellent museum. We were fortunate to see a dig!
CaerleonRomanBaths mpeg
Bill Viola-esque projection at Caerleon Roman Fortress Baths
Caerleon's Roman History
A journey round some of Caerleon's historical sights.
Roman Army Museum
A brief look at the Roman Army Museum in Hexham, Northumberland.
Roman Festival Apulum (28,29,30 April 2017)
For the third time we from ASSOCIATION FOR HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTION RE-ENACTMENT-SCYTIA MINOR reenact Roman history in this wonderful festival Roman Festival Apulum 2017 participate by vexillatio of Legio XIIII.