Archaeologists Unearth Britain's Own Miniature Coliseum

Scotsman ^ | 5-17-2005

[GoLightly]

Per usual, I was looking for a map. I couldn't figure out why the city would have been used as any kind of base for use against Ireland. I would have to think Roman strongholds in southern Wales would be more condusive for that kind of thing. Anyway, found a site with a picture, though there's not much to see in it.

http://www.virtualfieldwork.com/human1.htm

[GoLightly]

***The name probably derives from "castor" for camp, a military camp.***

Close....

"Five hundred years after the Legions withdrew from Deva, their Saxon successors knew the city as Legecaester, a translation of part of the British (Welsh) Caer Lleon Vawr ar Ddyfrdwy or 'Camp of the great Legion on the Dee'- also called Caerleon-ar-Dour. Long before the Norman conquest, the first part of the name was being omitted in documents, and by the time of Henry I (1100-1135) the coinage had also simplified it to a form which is recognisable as the modern Chester. Our Welsh-speaking neighbours however, to this day refer to the city as Caer."

http://www.bwpics.co.uk/chesterintro.html

[RobRoy]

So "Stonehenge" is out then?

[SkyPilot]

Thanks--I saw a TV program this week on concrete (also on the History Channel) that spoke of this.

[Larry Lucido]

I wonder if they could at least spell "colosseum" correctly back then?

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

Do you like movies about gladiators?

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

Drill Thrall

[rdl6989]

He said: “It obviously means that Chester was a very important place but why, we don’t know.” Very interesting.

[righttackle44]

Did they have teeny-tiny horse races there with teeny-tiny chariots?

Did The Spaniard ever have to fight on his knees there?

[SunkenCiv]

later topics, same discovery:

They Came, They Saw, They Bought the Souvenir
Telegraph (UK) | may 18, 2005 | nic fleming
Posted on 05/18/2005 10:58:12 AM EDT by wildbill
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1405598/posts

ROMAN REMAINS
(Ancient Sports Fans (Gladiator Contests) Ate Fast Food, Bought Tacky Gifts)
May 18 2005
Posted on 05/18/2005 8:23:35 PM EDT by nickcarraway
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1406017/posts

[SunkenCiv]

just an update:

No excerpt rule for this source: Discovered: Britain's very own Colosseum by David Keys, February 4, 2007, The Independent

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[Ditter]

Pretty neat blam. I have seen the coliseum at Arles, it is still used for events. There was nothing going on there when we were there but I remember there were posters of coming events. I think that is fantastic, Arles is a fascinating city. We stayed at a hotel very near the coliseum that had been a convent.

[blam]

Good for you, I've not been there.

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