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Roman Remains in Wales

The ruins of the Roman town of Venta Silurium remain in fields around Caerwent near Newport, Gwent. Remains of a Roman temple.

Although many people associate the arrival of the Romans with Julius Caesar, his two expeditions in 55BC and 54BC were little more than raids.

The actual invasion of Britain occured almost exactly a century later in 43AD. Within about 30 years almost all of what is today England and Wales (but not Scotland) had been conquered.

The Romans remained for just over three centuries. Roman occupation came to an abrupt end in 383 when Magnus Maximus (known in Wales as Macsen Wledig) withdrew his legions in order to impose himself as Emperor of Rome, an ambition which ended five years later with defeat and death in what is today north-east Italy.

The Romans left behind settlements, forts and mines, some of which have survived partially intact to the present day. Their passage is recorded in place names - in English ending in ..chester or ..cester and in Welsh beginning with Caer...

The Romans also left behind a system of roads. Some of today's highways in England and Wales were built along the paths of Roman roads.

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