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Description: | The Roman city of Viroconium Cornoviorum, Wroxeter, grew in the second century to be the fourth largest in Britain, with a defined area of 73 ha. It is also one of the few not to have been built over by a later Saxon or medieval town. It developed out of a civil settlement adjacent to a first century legionary fortress (SJ 50 NE 86) to become the tribal capital of the Cornovii. Following the visit of the Emporer Hadrian to Britain in AD122, it was much increased in size and provided with one of the largest and finest civic centre in the country occupying two complete insulae (city blocks). There was a huge forum and also extensive public baths. Excavations have enabled the city's history to be traced back to the fortress, and also forward to the shadowy end of Roman rule. Following periods of growth and decline, in the second, third and fourth centuries, a remarkable resurgence of activity took place after AD400 at a time when the Roman administration began to withdraw from Britain. Scheduled. | Subjects: | Religious Ritual And Funerary Civil Town Domestic Temple Civitas Capital | Source: | English Heritage - Viewfinder | Creator: | National Monuments Record | Identifier: | http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk... | Language: | en | Go to resource |
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