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Londinium c.400 AD, showing the location of the amphitheatre near the southeast corner of the Roman fort at top left The elliptical band of dark stone on Guildhall Yard marks out the perimeter of the amphitheatre beneath the plaza A section of the amphitheatre wall. London's first Roman amphitheatre was built in AD 70 from wood, but was ...
Guildhall crypt. During the Roman period, the Guildhall was the site of the London Roman Amphitheatre, rediscovered as recently as 1988.It was the largest in Roman Britain, partial remains of which are on public display in the basement of the Guildhall Art Gallery, and the outline of whose arena is marked with a black circle on the paving of the courtyard in front of the hall.
The Roman amphitheatre below the Guildhall Art Gallery Main article: Amphitheatre (London) The Guildhall complex was built on the site of London's Roman amphitheatre , and some of the remains of this are displayed in situ in a room in the basement of the art gallery.
Pages in category "Roman London" ... Amphitheatre (London) B. Billingsgate Roman House and Baths; G. Guildhall Art Gallery; Guildhall, London; L. Londinium; London ...
Map of Roman amphitheatres. The remains of at least 230 Roman amphitheatres have been found widely scattered around the area of the Roman Empire.These are large, circular or oval open-air venues with raised 360 degree seating and not to be confused with the more common theatres, which are semicircular structures.
Londinium, also known as Roman London, was the capital of Roman Britain during most of the period of Roman rule. Most twenty-first century historians think that it was originally a settlement established shortly after the Claudian invasion of Britain, on the current site of the City of London around 47–50 AD, [4] [5] [3] but some defend an older view that the city originated in a defensive ...
Part of the amphitheatre remains beneath the London Guildhall square; a Roman bathing complex is accessible in the basement of 100 Lower Thames Street. [9] The square Castrum was located at the north-east of the city at the Barbican, close to the Museum of London where part of the Roman London Wall remains.
Vindolanda, a fort on the Stanegate Roman road pre-dating Hadrian's Wall nearby, with exceptional Roman finds in its museum; Vindobala, Roman fort at Rudchester; Whitley Castle, also known as Epiacum, a Roman fort at the southern edge of Northumberland on the Maiden Way Roman road, with remarkable earthen ramparts