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A New Discovery in Roman Britain
Popular Archaeology ^
| May 10, 2017
| Popular Archaeology
Posted on 05/10/2017 5:28:26 PM PDT by LouieFisk
More of the ancient Roman city of Verulamiums 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.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: archaeology; britain; discovery; godsgravesglyphs; hertfordshire; icknieldway; knightstemplar; roman; romanempire; royston; stalbans; unitedkingdom; verulamium
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To: LouieFisk
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, micromanaged and intensively and constantly worked by people.
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posted on
05/11/2017 3:01:42 AM PDT
by
Mr Radical
(What have the Romans ever done for us!)
To: who_would_fardels_bear
Not a kiln, its a pizza oven.
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posted on
05/11/2017 4:52:14 AM PDT
by
ABN 505
(Right is right if nobody is right, and wrong is wrong if everybody is wrong. ~Archbishop Fulton John)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
As I recall, the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain
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posted on
05/11/2017 4:57:26 AM PDT
by
bert
(K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... Hillary is Ameritrash, pass it on)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Oh, I can answer that one! “How the hell would I know, I’ve never been there.”
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posted on
05/11/2017 5:17:08 AM PDT
by
GingisK
To: kiltie65
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posted on
05/11/2017 5:40:29 AM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(Vacate the chair! Ryan must go.)
To: Mr Radical
“it must have been a very busy landscape, micromanaged 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.
To: ABN 505
“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.
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
Note: this topic is from 5/10/2017. Thanks LouieFisk.
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posted on
10/16/2017 10:57:01 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
To: SunkenCiv; LouieFisk; kiltie65; BeadCounter; Mr Radical; Bigg Red; Peter Libra
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:
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posted on
10/17/2017 5:48:53 AM PDT
by
BroJoeK
(a little historical perspective...)
To: BroJoeK
Yer welcome - thanks for the map!
To: BeadCounter
Southern Scotland was culturally more like northern England compared to Highland Scotland.
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posted on
10/17/2017 9:29:18 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Two scoops, two genders, two terms. Get used to it.)
To: LouieFisk
A Domino’s pizza would probably still be edible in 20 months.
Might taste like crap but wouldn’t kill you.
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posted on
10/17/2017 9:31:33 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Two scoops, two genders, two terms. Get used to it.)
To: Peter Libra
Boudacia in historical art:
And a contemporary interpretation:
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posted on
10/17/2017 9:43:14 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Two scoops, two genders, two terms. Get used to it.)
To: BeadCounter
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.
To: LouieFisk
oj the map some countries outmode the empires are green and yellow. , Do we know why others are white?
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posted on
10/17/2017 2:11:53 PM PDT
by
morphing libertarian
(A proud member of the Ruthie Bader Afternoon Nap Club)
To: Rebelbase
“Might taste like crap but wouldnt kill you.”
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That’s what I like about them!
To: LouieFisk
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posted on
10/17/2017 2:25:42 PM PDT
by
morphing libertarian
(A proud member of the Ruthie Bader Afternoon Nap Club)
To: morphing libertarian
“Do we know why others are white?”
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Areas not under Roman control, I’d guess.
To: LouieFisk
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.
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posted on
10/17/2017 2:30:04 PM PDT
by
CJ Wolf
(It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
10/17/2017 2:32:30 PM PDT
by
CJ Wolf
(It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World)
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