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This week:
Roman London - pictures of incredible remains of Londinium
Join me for my recommendations for some places to go to visit Roman Britain, outside of London - click here. This will be the topic of this week’s Tea Time History Chat Live, 3pm UK time tomorrow (Wed 13th March). If you miss it, you can use the link above to watch on catch up!
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Roman London
Five places you can visit
In last week’s Tea Time History Chat Live, I spoke about 5 places I recommend visiting if you love Roman history and are visiting London. A few of them are hidden and so you have to be in the know to go!
Part of the Roman City Wall of Londinium is still visible just off Gresham Street, on Noble Street. The wall was hidden from view until a German bombing raid in 1940 revealed it. What I find really fascinating about this section of the wall is how the wall was used and incorporated into subsequent buildings.
Another place discovered due to the German bombing of London (although I would not be quick to thank them), is the temple to Mithras, seven metres below a modern office block, and run my Bloomberg Spaces. Here a light and sound show helps transport you 2000 years and help you imagine how the remains of this Mithraeum translate into the building which stood here.
In 1988 archeologists, working on the site where the new Guildhall Art Gallery was going to be built, discovered the remains of the hitherto known about but not located Amphitheatre. With the help of lighting the amphitheatre, which can be accessed via the Art Gallery, is reimagined. Outside, in the pavement a black line of slabs marks out the perimeter of the amphitheatre.
You may have heard of the London Stone. Its origins are actually undetermined but it was being referred to around 1100 and is included on the copperplate maps of Elizabethan London. It is thought to have been part of a larger structure, perhaps a market cross.
Finally, and I find this absolutely delightful, a model of Roman London created between 1928 and 1933, which is displayed in the crypt of All Hallows by the Tower, in remembrance of the brothers of its sponsor, Miss Newman Tremearne. When Anthony Lowther created the model, many of the discoveries were yet to happen and so, most noticeably, it is without an Amphitheatre.
You can find out more by watching or listening back to the episode of Tea Time History Chat Live - scroll down for links to the podcast and youtube episodes.
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I hope you’ll catch me live this week as I’ll be talking about places to explore Roman history outside of London! Join me tomorrow (Wednesday 13th) at 3pm (UK time) live on Facebook, Youtube and Instagram. Don’t worry if you can’t make it live because you can always catch up on those channels or on the podcast. If you’re subscribed to me here you will receive a notification when a new podcast is available.
Have a great week!
Philippa