10. F2011 London

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Some sites in Roman London

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London 200 CE

Tiepolo, Triumph of Aurelian (Queen Zenobia of Palmyra)

London

Roman Wall

London – Water supply - Wallbrook

Water Supply - Wells

Water Hoist

Basilica and Forum

• Early construction destroyed by Boudica• 70 CE • 90 CE New construction while old area still in

use– 555’ x 545’ – largest in Britain

• Probably largest in Empire until Basilica Ulpia of Trajan

• Largest north of the Alps: 492’ x 115’

Port

Southwark - Warehouse

Pottery Imports

Glass Working - Sites

Window glass- Basinghall St. find

A London Town House

A London Town House

A London Town House

Leadenhall Street

Bacchus

Bank of England

3rd Century

London-Aldgate

Ox

Sheep/Goat

Pig

London

Ox

Sheep/Goat

Pig

Diet-London

Diet-ColchesterPre-Roman

Ox

Sheep/Goat

Pig

Roman

Ox

Sheep/Goat

Pig

Winchester Palace Baths

Winchester Palace Construction

• 100-120 Ground raised with debris• Building with bath• Inscription indicates use by legionaries or

veterans• Deterioration in 3rd century

Fresco – Winchester Palace Baths

Villa Negroni, Rome

Winchester Palace Baths – Severan Period

Wall Painting - Pigments

• Earth colors – ochre• Soot, charcoal• Minerals – cinnabar• Mixtures – Egyptian

blue• Vegetable based -

indigo

London Amphitheatre

Shape