A New Discovery in Roman Britain

Popular Archaeology ^ | May 10, 2017 | Popular Archaeology

[LouieFisk]

More of the ancient Roman city of Verulamium’s secrets have been discovered by archaeologists. The burnt remains of a 1,800-year-old kiln - a type of oven used to create pottery - have been unearthed during excavations of the ancient city near the modern city of St. Albans in Hertfordshire, Great Britain.

[Mr Radical]

As one of the largest Roman towns in Britain, in 200AD Verulanium may have had a population of 10-20,000. The total population of Britain at the time maybe 2-4 million. Most would have lived and toiled in the ‘countryside’ rather than towns or cities.

It intrigues me that, today, when one passes through the Hertfordshire countryside, one sees a landscape of ranging agricultural fields and meadows relatively empty of people. But two thousand years ago, although the contours would have been the same, it must have been a very ‘busy’ landscape, micro–managed and intensively and constantly worked by people.

[ABN 505]

Not a kiln, its a pizza oven.

[bert]

As I recall, the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain

[GingisK]

Oh, I can answer that one! “How the hell would I know, I’ve never been there.”

[Bigg Red]

:)

[LouieFisk]

“it must have been a very ‘busy’ landscape, micro–managed and intensively and constantly worked by people.”
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Yup, I imagine there’s more than a few places that haven’t yet been dug which will yield more info on past civilizations.

[LouieFisk]

“Not a kiln, its a pizza oven.”
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Nah. The Romans would order their pizzas from the Domino’s in Rome - if it was not delivered in 20 months, it was free.

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic is from 5/10/2017. Thanks LouieFisk.

[BroJoeK]

Thanks SunkenCiv & LouieFisk, I love these threads.

kiltie65: "Walls work!"

BeadCounter: "...my friends tell me, there is a 2nd wall as well."

This map shows Verulanium, Roman roads, Hadrian & Antonine Walls:

[LouieFisk]

Yer welcome - thanks for the map!

[Rebelbase]

Southern Scotland was culturally more like northern England compared to Highland Scotland.

[Rebelbase]

A Domino’s pizza would probably still be edible in 20 months.

Might taste like crap but wouldn’t kill you.

[Rebelbase]

Boudacia in historical art:

And a contemporary interpretation:

[colorado tanker]

Antoninus Pius ordered the building of the Antonine Wall further north, across the narrowest part of Scotland, roughly from Glasgow to the Firth of Forth. It was abandoned shortly after and some time later again occupied by Septimus Severus. Hadrian’s Wall was the border through almost the entire Roman occupation.

[morphing libertarian]

oj the map some countries outmode the empires are green and yellow. , Do we know why others are white?

[LouieFisk]

“Might taste like crap but wouldn’t kill you.”
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That’s what I like about them!

[morphing libertarian]

good references at the bottom of the article.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boudica

[LouieFisk]

“Do we know why others are white?”
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Areas not under Roman control, I’d guess.

[CJ Wolf]

In Great Britain you could dig pretty much anywhere and find something. Also if you drink the tap water you can be sure it went through at least 10 kidneys before you drank it.

[CJ Wolf]

ping