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Verulamium was a town in Roman Britain. It was sited southwest of the modern city of St Albans in Hertfordshire , England . The major ancient Roman route Watling Street passed through the city, but was realigned in medieval times to bring trade to St Albans.
The Hypocaust Museum is a museum at St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. Situated in Verlamium Park, the museum provides in situ conservation and interpretation of a hypocaust within the walled city of Verulamium. The system heated residential accommodation built around 200 CE. [1] Unlike the hypocaust at Welwyn, it appears not to be linked to baths.
The later history of the settlement is presented at the St Albans Museum + Gallery. [4] The Verulamium Museum was established following the excavations carried out by Mortimer Wheeler and his wife, Tessa Wheeler, both of them renowned archaeologists, during the 1930s. It was extended in 1996–97.
The Verulamium Forum Inscription (tentatively dated to AD 79, during the reign of the emperor Titus) is one of the many Roman inscriptions in Britain. It is also known as the "Basilica inscription", as it is believed to have been attached to the basilica of Verulamium (on the edge of modern St Albans ). [ 1 ]
Verulamium Park is a park in St Albans, Hertfordshire. Set in over 100 acres (0.40 km 2) of parkland, Verulamium Park was purchased from the Earl of Verulam in 1929 by the then City Corporation. Today the park is owned and operated by St Albans City and District Council. The park is named after the Roman city of Verulamium on which it stands ...
St Albans (/ s ən t ˈ ɔː l b ən z /) is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, [1] England, east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, 20 miles (32 km) north-west of London, 8 miles (13 km) south-west of Welwyn Garden City and 11 miles (18 km) south-east of Luton.
Roman ruins at Viroconium Cornoviorum, photographed during excavation by Francis Bedford and digitally restored. According to English Heritage, the photograph dates to 1859 and none of the hypocaust system extant in this photograph has survived today as the modern pilae stacks are replicas of the originals, which were taken by souvenir hunters during the late 19th century.
The Roman Theatre at St Albans, Hertfordshire, England is an excavated site within the Roman walled city of Verulamium. Although there are other Roman theatres in Britain (for example at Camulodunum), the one at Verulamium is claimed to be the only example of its kind, being a theatre with a stage rather than an amphitheatre. [1] [2]