Saturday, July 11, 2020

Roman London

From Heritage Daily:
The city was centred on modern-day Ludgate Hill to the west and the Tower of London to the East. The northern extent ran to Bishopsgate and Cipplegate near the former site of the Museum of London, marked by the street named the London Wall. A large defensive wall was constructed between 190 and 225 AD that encircled the landward side of the city (one of the largest construction projects carried out in Roman Britain). The wall controlled access, through small pedestrian postern gates like the one by Tower Hill and four main gates: Bishopsgate and Aldgate in the northeast at the roads to Eboracum (York) and to Camulodunum (Colchester) and Newgate and Ludgate in the west along at the road that divided for travel to Viroconium (Wroxeter) and to Calleva (Silchester).
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