Wroxeter Roman City
A tour of the Wroxeter Roman City ruins. The city was called Viroconium and was once the 4th largest city in Roman Britain. The site consists of the remains of the Bathhouse, a reconstructed Town House, a Visitor Centre and Museum. Well worth a visit.
UK: WROXETER: BURIED ROMAN CITY DISCOVERED
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Archaeologists in Britain have uncovered a Roman city the size of Pompei without lifting a trowel.
The archaeologists may live in the world of the past but they've enlisted the latest technology to look beneath the soil.
It took thirty years to uncover this much of the roman town of Wroxeter.
But in the fields beyond, there remains a Roman city, hidden from view underneath the pastures and hedgerows.
It might have remained like that forever if Birmingham University's archaeologists hadn't called in cutting edge technology to uncover history's secret.
This machine tests electrical resistance in the ground. When a building lies beneath the earth, the machine registers a different reading compared to the soil around it.
The archaeologists are also using magnetometry, radar, and aerial scanning.
These pictures show a building that goes round a courtyard. The results of different methods are compared on the computer.
This aerial scan revealed a Roman villa with its own private road.
Even so, sometimes technology can take a back seat to more traditional methods.
A recent dry spell left the ground so parched that the town began to reveal itself. The yellow strips on the earth mark Roman roads lying several feet below the earth's surface.
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We have four or five techniques at the same area. We are going to process these using the computer, using mathematical techniques, to find out which of them actually gives us which information. That will be useful for archaeologists anywhere in the world
SUPER CAPTION: Martijn Van Leusen, Birmingham University
The team is sharing their discoveries with others on the Internet. This is an artist's impression of the site before the new research, showing a sleepy town. New drawings will show a thriving city.
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The bit immediately behind took thirty years of concentrated digging just to do this one concentrated tiny part of the town. If we wanted to do the whole lot it would take us a couple of hundred years, hundreds of people and a budget that we just couldn't comprehend, no way we could get it.
SUPER CAPTION: Roger White, Wroxeter Project Archaeologist
Technology cannot replace more traditional archeology altogether. But as this project is showing, it's a cheaper, quicker way of finding out what treasure the earth maybe hiding.
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Wroxeter Roman Town Shropshire England UK English Heritage Site
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Wroxeter Roman City Near Shrewsbury
Wroxeter (Or viroconium) was the fourth largest city in roman Britain it began as a
legionary fortress and later developed into a thriving civilian city.though much still
remains below ground to day the most impressive features are the 2nd century
municipal baths and the remains of the huge wall dividing them from the exercise hall
Wroxeter Roman City
A walkthrough of Wroxeter Roman City, originally Viroconium Cornoviorum, the remains of a Roman city in the West Midlands of England.
Wroxeter Roman City
Wroxeter Roman City - Vinconium Conoviorum, was once the fourth largest towns in Romans Britain founded in the mid 1st century AD as a legionary fortress, the town was established in 90's AD.
I have put together a short slide show, I hope that you will enjoy it. The photos were taken in June 2013.
Wroxeter Replica Roman House
This is a replica of a Roman house at the English Heritage site of Wroxeter Roman City, 5 miles south-east of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK. Built on raised land to preserve any underlying archaeological remains, the house is open to site visitors and is directly adjacent to the main Roman City, which was the 4th largest such in England.
AMMAIA - A Roman town in Lusitania
Ammaia -- A Roman town in Lusitania is the title of a museological booklet and dvd that was produced by the Radio-Past Team in order to make the results of the Ammaia investigation known to a wider public.
In several small chapters, the history of Ammaia is told and explained in the light of the most recent knowledge that the Radio-Past team, in collaboration with other institutions and individual researchers, acquired through the application of a series of non-invasive technologies. The comparison and interpretation of the data led to their visualization and subsequent 3D reconstruction, which shows a digital reborn Ammaia based on the archaeological evidence that is still buried underground.
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Wroxeter Roman City Part 1 (4K)
Wroxeter Roman City Ruins
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Roman Makeup Tutorial | History Inspired | Feat. Amber Butchart and Rebecca Butterworth
Discover how cosmetics from the Roman Empire literally changed the face of Britain in the 3rd century in our latest History Inspired Makeup Tutorial.
Fashion Historian Amber Butchart and Makeup Artist Rebecca Butterworth are at Wroxeter Roman City, near Shrewsbury in Shropshire. This time we’re showing you a step-by-step makeup tutorial inspired by real cosmetic artefacts found at Wroxeter.
From bathing to bright blue eye shadow, find out how important appearance was to Roman Britons and see the artefacts that shaped our tutorial. Watch as we use a replica grinder to apply eyeliner to our model Sarah Mhlanga and learn how to recreate the look at home. Our English Heritage Collections Curator Cameron Moffett is on hand to discuss the artefacts, while Properties Historian Dr Andrew Roberts tells us about life at Wroxeter.
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PRODUCTS USED
BATHING
Olive oil - Tesco
SKIN
Anhydrous Lanolin - Amazon
EYELINER
Crushed charcoal
(Modern alternative: Black Loose Pigment - Sample Beauty)
EYE SHADOW
Crushed Lapis Lazuli stones
(Modern alternative: ‘Rubix’ Loose Pigment - Sample Beauty)
LIPS AND CHEEKS
Lips and cheeks are the same:
Beeswax - Starchild Glastonbury
Olive Oil - Tesco
Red pigment - Sample Beauty
HAIR
Black Wool
Massive darning needle
Wig - Websters Wigs
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We would like to thank Janet Stevens for her research into Roman hairstyles, which assisted us in the interpretation of our Roman look.
Photo of Tondo of the Severan family © José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro
All illustrated reconstruction drawings © Historic England
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Londinium - Roman London
Londinium was a settlement established on the current site of the City of London around AD 43. Its bridge over the River Thames turned the city into a road nexus and major port, serving as a major commercial centre in Roman Britain until its abandonment during the 5th century.
Londinium (o Roman London in lingua inglese) fu fondata intorno al 43 d.C. Fu utilizzato come un importante centro commerciale per l'impero romano fino al suo abbandono nel corso del V secolo.
Londinium, das heutige London, war die größte Stadt und Hauptstadt der römischen Provinz Britannien. Durch seine günstige Lage an der Themse, die wiederum einen guten Anschluss ans Meer und ins Hinterland bot, war Londinium auch ein bedeutendes Handelszentrum.
Die Geschichte von Londinium lässt sich aus wenigen verstreuten Erwähnungen bei antiken Autoren, anhand der allgemeinen Geschichte Britanniens und durch Ausgrabungen in der Stadt in groben Zügen rekonstruieren. Am Ende des dritten Jahrhunderts war sie sogar Residenz des Gegenkaisers Carausius und damit Hauptstadt eines Sonderreiches in Britannien. Als bedeutende römische Stadt hatte sie alle öffentlichen Gebäude einer solchen, wobei nur ein Teil von ihnen durch Ausgrabungen identifiziert werden konnte. Das große Forum im Zentrum der Stadt, der größte Bau seiner Art nördlich der Alpen, bezeugt die starke wirtschaftliche Position von Londinium. Dies wird auch durch die Reste zahlreicher Warenlager an den Ufern der Themse bestätigt.
Londinium var bosetningen som ble etablert på det nåværende stedet for City of London i tiden rundt år 43. Det er det romerske navnet på London fra denne tiden og til romernes tilbaketrekning fra de britiske øyer på 400-tallet. Dets bro over elven Themsen gjorde byen til et viktig veikryss og en betydelig havn, og fungerte som et betydelig kommersielt senter i romersk Britannia inntil romerne oppga stedet.
La cité de Londinium, à l'origine de la ville de Londres, capitale du Royaume-Uni, a été fondée par les Romains vers l’an 43. Elle devient rapidement la capitale de la Bretagne romaine et sert de grand centre impérial jusqu’à ce qu’elle soit finalement abandonnée au Ve siècle.
Londinium was de Latijnse naam voor de stad Londen. Het was de hoofdstad van de Romeinse provincie Britannia (globaal het huidige Engeland en Wales). Door een gunstige ligging aan de Theems, die op zijn beurt een goede verbinding met de zee en het achterland bezat, was Londinium ook een belangrijk handelscentrum.
Londinium (actual Londres) es el nombre que los romanos dieron a la ciudad que fundaron cerca de las aldeas celtas de Llyn Din, en Britania (actual Inglaterra). La ciudad fue construida en un sitio habitado por tribus aborígenes que llamaban Llyn Din al lugar (‘fortín del lago’). Aquellos celtas habían elegido el emplazamiento como sitio propicio para sus actividades comerciales. La ciudad fundada por los romanos es la actual Londres que con el paso de los años, acabó por absorber las pequeñas aldeas de las inmediaciones.
Londínio (em latim: Londinium) foi uma cidade fundada pelos romanos em meados do século I d.C., no território ocupado pela atual Londres, capital da Inglaterra. Rapidamente tornou-se a capital da Britânia romana, servindo como um dos principais centros comerciais imperiais até o seu abandono, durante o século V.
Лондиниум, Лондиний или Лондониум (лат. Londinium, ныне Лондон) — город в Римской Британии, основанный около 43 года н. э. Он был основным центром торговли и власти в Римской Британии с конца II века до её разгрома в V веке. Лондиниум располагался на реке Темзе, которая обеспечивала ему связь как с морем, так и с внутренними районами Британии.
倫蒂尼恩（又譯倫丁尼姆、朗蒂尼亞姆；拉丁文：Londinium），又稱羅馬倫敦，公元約43年建於今倫敦市一帶的聚居地。有賴泰晤士河上的橋樑，倫蒂尼恩發展為道路樞紐和主港口，是羅馬帝國不列顛尼亞行省的重要商業中心，及至5世紀衰亡。
Roman Ruts - The Roman History of Craven Arms - Shropshire History
Oh! Ruts! Roman Ruts! Craven Arms, Shropshire History
Who would have thought that Craven Arms was once an important place, which suffered from a lack of council road repairs just like today!
In Roman times it was.
It was on a Roman cross-roads.
It was a junction and stopover for marching legionaries, with at least one temporary fort or encampment, a temple, farms, houses, and at least one Roman villa.
It was a part of the nation-wide road system from the Midlands in the East to Wales in the West, where it was crossed by a Roman road known as an extension of Watling Street.
Watling Street which starts on the Kent Coast, was a major thoroughfare on the Roman road running all the way from Rome.
The Craven Arms section would take you from Wroxeter (9 miles east of Shrewsbury) in the north to South Wales in the south.
But, sometimes it is the discovery of little everyday details which make events of over 1,500 years ago seem so real.
And, for me it's the Craven Arms ruts!
With government cuts our big worry is potholes, but cartwheel ruts worn by metal wheel rimes, were the problem in those days.
Here on this slide are the ruts which were found near Ludlow in another excavation to the one for excavations for a Highways Department extension, just south of Craven Arms Business Park carried out in 2013. See end of video for attribution.
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ROMAN BRITAIN - (WROXETER SHROPSHIRE)
English Heritages Roman City and the Roman Villa at Wroxeter Shropshire
A Quick Flight around Wroxeter Roman Ruins Shropshire.
First person view Onboard a hexacopter camera platform around Wroxeter Nr Shrewsbury Shropshire
Roman Villa remains found in UK
Shrewsbury the Town Not Built by Romans
Shrewsbury History - Not Built by Romans -The Story of the First Settlement of the Town
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History of Shrewsbury - Wikipedia
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It is believed the area of Shrewsbury was settled in the 5th century by refugees from the nearby Roman City of Wroxeter, but the first physical evidence dates from the 7th century Saxons who named the town Scrobbesbyrig. ... Shrewsbury comes from the Saxon name 'Scrobbesbyrig'.
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Shrewsbury History. It is believed the area of Shrewsbury was settled in the 5th century by refugees from the nearby Roman City of Wroxeter, but the first physical evidence dates from the 7th century Saxons who named the town Scrobbesbyrig.
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Wroxeter Roman Villa
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