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The beginning of archaeological investigations of the Roman ruins began in 1994, and was followed by similar projects in 1995 and 1996 under the Fundação Cidade de Ammaia; [5] there was a topographic survey and excavations were done in four locations, which also involved cleaning, studying and conservation: the Porta do Arco, Forum and Temple ...
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Atkinson also published on the Roman naval fleet Classis Britannica, on the Roman governors of Britain, and on the early history of Christianity. In the 1930s, Atkinson became honorary curator of Rowley's House Museum in Shrewsbury and supervised the display of Roman finds from Wroxeter .
Photos show the burials and ruins of the ancient home.
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The Roman army first arrived in the late 40s AD and constructed a fort for the 14 th legion south of Wroxeter. A decade later, that fort was replaced by a new one built less than a mile north.
Thus a wealthy Roman citizen lived in a large house separated into two parts, and linked together through the tablinum or study or by a small passageway. Surrounding the atrium were arranged the master's family's main rooms: the small cubicula or bedrooms, the tablinum , which served as a living room or study, and the triclinium , or dining-room.
The geometric and patterned mosaics have been placed under a temporary export bar.