10 Roman must-sees

BATH

The Roman Baths with their underfloor heating systems are known as one of the finest historical sites in Europe.

HEXHAM

The Vindolanda Trust run the huge site at Vindola with its four centuries of forts and the nearby Roman Army Museum.

LONDON

The Museum of London brings to life what it was like in Londinium, 2000 years ago. In AD 120, 45,000 people lived there.

HARDKNOTT ROMAN FORT

Built around AD 120, this Cumbrian fort is one of the most remote and isolated outposts in the UK. It housed 500 men.

FISHBOURNE ROMAN PALACE

This lavish residence near Chichester is the largest Roman villa in Britain.

CHESTER

For more than 300 years Chester was one of the Roman’s most important bases, and was known as Castra Deva.

CIRENCESTER

The amphitheatre, built in the second century AD, could hold 8000 people and Corinium Museum has a great mosaic collection.

ANTONINE WALL

Unlike stone-built Hadrian’s, 37-mile long Antonine was turf and timber, running from the Clyde to the Forth.

WALLSEND

Segundum, guarding the River Tyne at the easternmost point of Hadrian’s is the most thoroughly excavated fort in the country.

DOLAUCOTHI GOLD MINES

These Welsh gems are the only known Roman gold mines in the UK. The gold was struck into coins at the Imperial Mint in Lyon.