[LouieFisk]

Roman city of Verulamium.

[2ndDivisionVet]

What color is the boathouse at Hertfordshire?

[BenLurkin]

Very cool.

(Just be careful with the subway dig at Hobb’s End)

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks for the post.

I had not realized how extensive (if that’s the right word here) the Roman occupation had been in ancient times, in this region.

It’s interesting to read about those times, new finds and the like.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

"kiln - a type of oven used to create pottery"

Phew! I'm sure glad they cleared that up.

[Peter Libra]

Roman city of Verulamium.

Thanks for this information. It brings me back to the late 1940's, when I cycled out to that area. The City of St. Albans which is said to be where the Verulamium is, was named for the Christian Martyr- Alban. He refused Roman conversion to the gods and was executed.

The actual Verulamium is a outdoor theatre, still complete with a dais for musicians. The hypocaust in the area is a bath which could be heated. There were trenches beneath it, where hot charcoal was pushed. All available for tourists.

Notable for me is of the exploits of Boadicea (Bodicca). She was a Briton and chafed under Roman occupation. She roused her tribesmen and sacked three Roman cities including the Verulamium. On her eventual defeat, she is said to have taken poison to evade capture. A magnificent sculpture is at Westminster Bridge. This shows the warrior Queen in her chariot. Blades sticking out from the wheel hubs.

Excuse the history. It does bring me back to being a raw youth of 17 years in England.

[BeadCounter]

Palmyra in Syria is absolutely beautiful; ruins of the Roman empire. Until the war came, we will see if any of it can be savaged.

[gattaca]

bmp

[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.

[CJ Wolf]

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[Peter Libra]

A belated thanks to you for your initial posting of this ongoing topic.