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5/4/09: Littlecote Roman Villa
5/4/09: Littlecote Roman Villa - Box Flue tiles still in-situ!
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24/01/09: Caerleon Legionary Fortress - Barrack blocks (remains of toilets/latrines also located in the vicinity).
24/01/09: Amphitheatre outside Caerleon Legionary Fortress - red brick/tile remeniscent of Rome and Pompeii. Inside the fort are the remains of what must be the grandest bath house in Roman Britain--modelled on ones in Italy!
24/01/09: Caerwent - remains of the Basilica (the Forum is just out of view to the left).
24/01/09: Caerwent - Romano-Celtic temple remains inside Britain's best preserved Roman Town.
27/02/09: Wroxeter Roman City - remains of the Basilica wall in the background, one of the highest standing Roman structural remains in Britain:
Dover "Pharos" lighthouse (40 feet / 12m)
Leicester "Jewry Wall" (35 feet / 21.3m)
Pevensey walls (28 feet / 8.5m)
Richborough, Portchester walls (25 feet / 7.6m)
Lincoln Mint wall (23.7 feet / 7.25m)
Wroxeter basilica "Old Work" (20 feet / 6.1m)
Colchester wall bastion (19 feet / 6.6m)
Chester walls (17 feet / 5.1m)
York walls (15 feet / 4.5m)
London walls (14 feet / 4.5m)
Ravenglass "Walls Castle" bath-house (12 feet 6 inches / 3.81m)
Not including various perimeter walls of Forts and Towns, Wroxeter features the 2nd largest "building" remnants to Dover's Pharos, though the latter has a Medieval layer near the top.
27/02/09: Wroxeter Roman City - Roman columns re-used as gate posts for the Saxon (and now Medieval) parish church
5/4/09: Bath
5/4/09: Bath - mosaic in the Royal Mineral Water Hospital.
5/4/09: Somerdale/Keynsham Roman Villa - remnants moved from their original location.
5/4/09: Somerdale/Keynsham Roman Villa - remnants moved from their original location.
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Thanks mate!
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Thanks for all the replies. So we've established that Roman Naples is preserved to a similar degree as Pompeii and Herculaneum, meaning that more than just foundations can be seen today, in fact whole stories--due to the volcano (Mount Vesuvius) being nearby. The fact Pompeii was buried because of ash or whatever as opposed to lava or mudslide is really insignificant in this context; in other words, "volcano" and "preservation" are more significant than "lava" or "mud" or "ash" (I don't really care) or "AD 79". This post is all about trying to find out a list of villages or towns that are as well preserved as Pompeii and Herculaneum--Naples being one of them--and the fact my book doesn't provide enough information.
FYI, a bit of trivia, the only site in Britain that comes anywhere close to Pompeii in terms of having better than average preservation is Dover; the Pharos is the tallest standing Roman structure in Britain, and the painted house has the best preserved wall plaster. But saying that, Pompeii is known for it's mixture of buildings and as an example of a complete town, so Caerwent is Britain's equal in that respect.
Back on topic: lack of information readily available. I was checking out some books on Nero and general books on the emperors, but they fail to mention his theatre in Naples, so what source(s) do mention it, and what sources give a more complete picture of state of preservation re: Roman towns/villages buried in the Campania region? That is, unless we are, together, able to complete a full picture in this topic; so far, we've established:
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Pompeii
Herculaneum
Naples
Stabiae (thanks to caldrail)
Sorrentum (thanks to Northern Neil)
Puteoli (thanks to Northern Neil)? Are you sure such a place existed near vesuvius?
Nola (thanks to Bryaxis Hecatee)
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Pompeii
Herculaneum
Naples
Stabiae (thanks to caldrail)
Sorrentum (thanks to Northern Neil)? Neil thinks this was not buried, but he was wrong about Naples, so I would like confirmation.
Puteoli?
Nola (thanks to Bryaxis Hecatee)? Buried or not buried? Forget what date it might have been buried...is it well preserved or not?
Apologies for sounding a bit condescending in this reply. I'm just trying to make it as clear as mud regarding what facts I'm trying to establish. This is not meant to be a personal attack on any individual--just my way of being the complete opposite to vague.
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I am reading the book titled The Complete Pompeii, and find it to be rather vague in regards to which villages and towns were nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum, and which towns were buried by the volcano erruption. The book mentions some farms and villas, but again, no major settlements. So my questions to you guys, please:
1) Can you name the local villages/towns of Campania that surrounded Pompeii, Herculaneum and Mount Vesuvius?
2) Can you name the local villages/towns of the region that were buried because of the volcano erruption?
Apparently, Roman Naples (Neapolis) wasn't buried by lava (flowed southeast), but was buried by mud! What's more, Nero's Theatre is preserved beneath the streets of Naples today!! Again, my book fails to mention this extremely significant piece of information. I was only lucky enough to find out by watching a documentary.
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I found out all about Roman Tiles in a book by Gerald Brodribb. Here's the main ones used in walls:
Lydion
Main use: Walls.
Other uses: Flooring and capping of pilae.
Average Length/Width = 403 mm x 280 mm
Average Thickness = 41 mm
(Tegula) Bipedalis (Bipedales)
Main use: bridging gaps between pilae of the hypocaust, thus forming the basis of the suspensura.
Other uses: bonding course brick (from flat bonding to use in arches).
Average length/width = 577 mm
Average thickness = 60 mm
Note: thick!
Bessalis (Bessales)
Main use: Creating pilae for supporting suspensura (floor suspended above the hypocaust).
Other uses: Flooring, Arches and Bonding.
Average length/width = 198 mm
Average Thickness = 43 mm
Note: some Bessales were rounded.
Sesquipedalis
Main use: Pavement for pilae
Other uses: Flooring and Arching.
Average length/width = 406 mm
Average thickness = 52 mm
Pedalis
Main use: Capping or base brick of pilae made of the smaller bessales.
Other uses: Hearth
Average width/length = 281 mm
Average thickness = 46 mm
Note: some larger ones were made for special purposes.
Cuneatus (Cuneati) (Solid Voussoir)
Average length/width = 400 mm x 400 mm, 400 mm x 300 mm, 400 mm x 150 mm;
300 mm x 300 mm and 300 mm x 150 mm
Average thickness = 62 mm;
39 mm
Main use: Acts as a wedge for arching different types of bricks and tiles together
Triangular Brick In Walls
Made from bessales sawn in half (half-bessales), bipedalis (up to 16) or the weaker sesquipedalis (up to 8).
Note: rare in Britain because of stone and flint so readily available with occasional help of tile courses quite adequate.
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I'm thinking the street in the third picture is Via Pietro Verri / Piazza Iside.
The structure would be known as the Temple of Isis, but I'm not sure if that's based on anything substantial.
Here's a panel that was on display beside the monumental remains; does it help confirm the identification being the Temple Of Isis?
Londinium sites and monuments visited so far...
in Tartarus
Posted · Edited by falkor2k9
Visible remains of Londinium that can still be seen today outside of museums (including surviving panels of the 1980s wall walk).
Still to be photographed:
1) Sections 13 - 17 (Barbican etc)
2) Section 19 (Noble Street) + Panel 21.
Currently inaccessible:
1) Billingsgate Bath House. Blame Jenny Hall; she only lets Yankees down there...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8JfYnpW6Jk#t=2m11
Secret sites not yet seen:
1) XX Cornhill (basilica or forum precinct wall)
2) Guildhall University (wall)
3) Royal Mail King Edward Building (bastion)
4) Central Criminal Court (wall sections)
5) St Martin's Church crypt, Ludgate (unknown)
No doubt more remains lie preserved and in-situ within other basements/cellars/crypts... :/
Londinium AD 50-200
Londinium AD 200-350
01 - Tower Hill Station underpass
02 - Tower Hill Station garden
02 - Tower Hill Station garden
02 - Tower Hill Station garden with statue of Emperor or Julius Caesar?
03 - Coopers Row
03 - Coopers Row
03 - Coopers Row
03 - Coopers Row