The Early Monetary History of Roman Wales: Identity, Conquest and Acculturation on the Imperial Fringe

Guest, Peter

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“…The walls of Venta Silurum enclose an area of 18 ha, while the forum-basilica covers 0.43 ha (1/42nd of the walled area). 71 Arnold and Davies 2000, 44;Guest 2008;Pudney 2011;Smith et al 2016, 141-207, 359-84 partially remodelled, rebuilt and refurbished. This involved considerable structural work but seems to have been completed in a short space of time, and the new basilica was probably a more impressive building on the inside than the original had been.…”

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The Forum-Basilica at Caerwent (Venta Silurum): A History of the Roman Silures

Guest¹

2022

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Lying at the heart of the city of Venta Silurum, the forum-basilica at Caerwent tells the public, municipal, story of the Civitas Silurum in south Wales. The re-excavation of this complex between 1987 and 1995 revealed a wealth of new information that has a great deal to tell us about the history of the city and the fortunes of its inhabitants. Constructed in the early second century and rebuilt in the middle of the fourth century, the forum-basilica was where the administrative, judicial, commercial and religious functions of the city were located. The modifications to the basilica at the very end of the Roman period indicate continued use of this civic space in the later fourth and fifth centuries.

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“… 5 Howell and Pollard 2004; Gwilt 2007; Guest 2008, 40–3; Howell 2009, 50–64; Aldhouse-Green and Howell 2017.…”

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“…20 Hence when the Romans marched into Wales in 77 ce , so too did their sky. 21 Th eir sky is our sky, one where the area around the north celestial pole is encircled by the two bears, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, with the dragon, Draco, curled between them. Evidence that Greco-Roman cartography had been injected into the Welsh culture can be seen in the work of Geoff rey of Monmouth ( c. 1100-55).…”

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Mountains talk of kings and dragons, the Brecon Beacons

Brady¹

2021

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Th is chapter turns to the Brecon Beacons in Wales and approaches the nature of a 'place' as it draws together the diverse threads of local folklore, sky and star movements, the contemporary use of the place of the Brecon Beacons, and the location's larger cultural themes of the dragon of Wales and its links to kingship. With so many diverse layers of mythology and topography, these two twin peaks present what Belden Lane defi ned as a place that 'talks back' , a place that participates with humanity in its expression. 1 Th e case study slowly reveals that the roof of the Brecon Beacons, rich in its cultural roots, is a place 'singing to itself ' and as such draws sacredness or meaning towards itself independent of human conscious actions.Th e Brecon Beacons is a mountain range comprised of six main peaks shaped into a long winding ridge which geographically defi nes the border between south and mid Wales. At either end of the ridge are mountain ranges: to the west, Black Mountain; and to the east the similarly named, Black Mountains. Th e actual name of the Brecon Beacons is thought to relate to their use of beacon lighting to warn of attacks. Th e beacons were also lit to celebrate the millennium. One of these six peaks is the highest in southern Britain. Named Pen y Fan and standing at 886 metres, it is connected by a ridge to the west to the second highest peak, Corn Du, with a height of 873 metres. Th e two peaks and their joining ridge thus combine to form a 'beam' in the roof of the Brecon Beacons. From this high ridge two U-shaped glacial valleys fl ow, one running down to the south, called the T â f Fechan Valley, and the other to the north, containing a glacial lake, Llyn cwm Llwc ( Figure 7.1 , top).

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‘Singing Stones’: Contexting Body-Language in Romano-British Iconography

Aldhouse-Green¹

2012

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Two stone sculptures from Caerwent — a disembodied human head and a seated female figure — are the focus of this article. Using icon-theory, it is proposed that the Caerwent sculptures (albeit recovered from different chronological horizons) were perhaps produced at the same time, maybe even by a single stonemason. Issues of materiality, including choice of stone and style, are seen as key to their understanding, in terms of Silurian identity and religion. Moreover, the emphasis on mouths and ears invites interpretation of these images as those of speaking and listening Oracles, conduits between earthly and spiritual worlds.

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The Early Monetary History of Roman Wales: Identity, Conquest and Acculturation on the Imperial Fringe

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The Forum-Basilica at Caerwent (Venta Silurum): A History of the Roman Silures

The Forum-Basilica at Caerwent (Venta Silurum): A History of the Roman Silures

Mountains talk of kings and dragons, the Brecon Beacons

‘Singing Stones’: Contexting Body-Language in Romano-British Iconography

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