Posted on 05/17/2005 3:04:52 PM PDT by blam
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
***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
So "Stonehenge" is out then?
Thanks--I saw a TV program this week on concrete (also on the History Channel) that spoke of this.
I wonder if they could at least spell "colosseum" correctly back then?
Did they have teeny-tiny horse races there with teeny-tiny chariots?
Did The Spaniard ever have to fight on his knees there?
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
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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
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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.
Good for you, I've not been there.
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