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Wroxeter Roman City

Near Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Once the fourth-largest city in Roman Britain, at the end of Watling Street.

Viroconium, at Wroxeter, was one of the biggest cities in Roman Britain, home to around 15,000 people. The 'Old Work', a massive wall of the city's baths, is one of the largest free-standing Roman ruins in Britain.

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When
From AD 58
Where
52.6740, -2.6450
Group
Roman Britain

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Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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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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