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Chester Roman Amphitheatre

Chester, Cheshire

The largest Roman amphitheatre in Britain.

Chester, or Deva, was a major legionary fortress. Its stone amphitheatre, the largest in Britain, could seat up to 8,000 people watching gladiators, animal fights and military training.

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When
From about AD 70s
Where
53.1890, -2.8870
Group
Roman Britain

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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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