Roman London
Roman London was discovered in about 43 AD and soon after became the center of the Britannia province. The population of Londinium was made up of families, soldiers, farmers, merchants and even slaves. They came from all over the Roman Empire but most of them originated from Britannia. The Roman city of Londinium covered at least the current City of London based on the boundaries formed by the London Wall. Londiniums waterfront presence on the Thames ran from Ludgate hill in the west to the current Tower of London in the east, which is just about a mile long. I will go into detail about the daily life of a Roman Londoner; what kind of work that citizens did, what kind of houses they lived in and the culture they experienced in Londinium.
Daily life in Roman London was hard for the citizens since most of them had to work 7 days a week to make a living for them and their families. They were allowed a break for lunch and that was pretty much all the workers were allowed for the day. However, there were numerous festival days to honour gods in which the workers would get breaks. In Roman London …show more content…
No one is completely sure if the Baths are Roman origin but they are most certainly Tudor. The main reason there is suspicion that the Baths are Roman are based on the location. The Baths are are located one mile east of the city walls of Roman London but there is no archaeological proof to support the claim that these Baths are infact Roman. “Whatever the reasons for its inception, the wall stood as one of the largest construction projects carried out in Roman Britain. It was also rebuilt and extended numerous times throughout the Roman period, requiring somewhere in the region of 85,000 tons of Kentish ragstone to complete. The wall included over 20 bastions, mainly concentrated around the Eastern section, as well as a large 12 acre fort on the north-west section of the wall” (Ben
Roman London was discovered in about 43 AD and soon after became the center of the Britannia province. The population of Londinium was made up of families, soldiers, farmers, merchants and even slaves. They came from all over the Roman Empire but most of them originated from Britannia. The Roman city of Londinium covered at least the current City of London based on the boundaries formed by the London Wall. Londiniums waterfront presence on the Thames ran from Ludgate hill in the west to the current Tower of London in the east, which is just about a mile long. I will go into detail about the daily life of a Roman Londoner; what kind of work that citizens did, what kind of houses they lived in and the culture they experienced in Londinium.
Daily life in Roman London was hard for the citizens since most of them had to work 7 days a week to make a living for them and their families. They were allowed a break for lunch and that was pretty much all the workers were allowed for the day. However, there were numerous festival days to honour gods in which the workers would get breaks. In Roman London …show more content…
No one is completely sure if the Baths are Roman origin but they are most certainly Tudor. The main reason there is suspicion that the Baths are Roman are based on the location. The Baths are are located one mile east of the city walls of Roman London but there is no archaeological proof to support the claim that these Baths are infact Roman. “Whatever the reasons for its inception, the wall stood as one of the largest construction projects carried out in Roman Britain. It was also rebuilt and extended numerous times throughout the Roman period, requiring somewhere in the region of 85,000 tons of Kentish ragstone to complete. The wall included over 20 bastions, mainly concentrated around the Eastern section, as well as a large 12 acre fort on the north-west section of the wall” (Ben