Reconstructing Roman Britain Gallery

Wroxeter Roman City J900036

WROXETER ROMAN CITY, Shropshire. Reconstruction drawing by Ivan Lapper. The baths complex as it may have appeared in the 5th century after the baths had gone out of use. Sequences of large timber-framed building were built on and around the remains of the old complex well into post-Roman times

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Cold, Graphic, Roman, Snow, Winter

Roman soldiers training IC084_003

Reconstruction drawing by Ivan Lapper showing Roman soldiers with practice shields and swords being put through a training session near a forge within Richborough Roman Fort, Kent. To the right is a training quintain and to left is a siege engine known as an Onager

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Graphic, Military, Roman, Soldier, Weapon

Silchester Roman City Amphitheatre N080914

SILCHESTER ROMAN CITY WALLS, Hampshire. Reconstruction drawing by Peter Urmston showing spectators arriving at the amphitheatre for a gladiatorial contest c.250 AD, seen from the south

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Aerial, Graphic, Roman