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	Silchester Roman Town - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Silchester Roman Town, or Calleva Atrebatum, was an Iron Age and subsequently Roman town and capital of the Celtic tribe named the Atrebates, located near the modern village of Silchester on what is today the border between the English counties of Berkshire and Hampshire.
		Silchester is unusual in that, for reasons unknown, it was abandoned shortly after the end of the Roman era and, with the establishment of Reading Abbey, local political and commercial activity moved to nearby Reading.
		Silchester was completely excavated by the Society of Antiquaries of London between the years 1890 and 1909, and this excavation provided valuable information about civic life and daily life in the first centuries of the Common Era, as well as a map of the Romano-British town.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Silchester_Roman_Town (723 words)

	Silchester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Silchester is located ten miles south-west of the large town of Reading, and five miles north of Basingstoke.
		Silchester is a civil parish with an elected parish council.
		Silchester parish falls within the area of Basingstoke and Deane District Council and of Hampshire County Council and all three councils are responsible for different aspects of local government.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Silchester (162 words)

	Roman Excavations at Silchester: The Times Report - Sidebar - ninemsn Encarta
		Unlike many other Roman towns which continued in use after the withdrawal of Roman troops early in the 5th century AD (such as Winchester), Silchester was completely abandoned at the end of the Roman occupation of Britain.
		Today the interior of Silchester is buried and laid to pasture, and apart from the town walls and the amphitheatre there are no visible remains to be seen.
		The town was extensively excavated between 1864 and 1909 and was the site of numerous discoveries as reported here in The Times of June 4, 1901.
	au.encarta.msn.com /sidebar_1461501625/Roman_Excavations_at_Silchester_The_Times_Report.html (165 words)

	Home - Silchester Roman Town (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It is often thought that towns with bishops' seats rank automatically as cities: however, Chelmsford remains a town despite being the seat of the Diocese of Chelmsford.
		The defining feature of a New England town, as opposed to a city, is that a town meeting and a board of selectmen serve as the main form of government for a town, while cities are run by a mayor and a city council.
		Eastleigh Hampshire's county town is Winchester, a historic city that was once the capital of the ancient kingdom of Wessex.
	categora.eslovaquia.es.infoax.org /en/Silchester+Roman+Town (11637 words)

	Home - Silchester (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Reading is a town and unitary authority in Berkshire in England, at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, halfway between London and Oxford.
		Basingstoke is a large town in the county of Hampshire in the south of England.
		The brutalism of the town's architecture, and its perceived status as a new town and haven for accountants and those with other occupations considered "boring", have led to Basingstoke becoming a comedic archetype for the soullessness of many modern British towns.
	humboldt.cold.current.en.infoax.org /en/Silchester (9011 words)

	Roman Britain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Portchester Castle is one of the earliest complete Roman fortifications in northern Europe, with the harbour at Portchester being one of the likely fleet anchorage’s for the II Augusta’s initial seabourne advance in 44AD-45AD.
		Silchester, the Roman Town of Calleva Atrebatum, unlike many other Roman towns which continued in use after the withdrawl of Roman troops early in the fifth Century AD (such as Winchester), Silchester was completely abandoned at the end of the Roman occupation of Britain.
		In the south part of the town, near to the south gate, lay a large Mansio (an official guest house) which consisted of a gravelled court surrounded on three sides by ranges of rooms; a private bath suite occupied the area adjacent to the south east corner.
	www.adhb30.dsl.pipex.com /roman7.htm (551 words)

	Atrebates
		Their attack was so quick and unexpected that some of the Romans didn't have time to take the covers off their shields or even put on their helmets.
		After Roman conquest, part of the Atrebates' lands were organized into the pro-Roman kingdom of the Regnenses under Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus, possibly Verica's son.
		The tribal territory was later organised as the civitates (administrative districts within a Roman province) of the Atrebates, Regnenses and possibly the Belgae.
	www.geocities.com /jorgenpfhartogs2/Atrebates.html (3285 words)

	CALLEVA ATREBATVM
		The third-century Roman settlement had the usual grid-like pattern of streets and possessed impressive monumentally-built forum, basilica, baths-complex and three temples, but contained only about 180 houses built in stone however, and large areas of the city, particularly the fringes, were of wooden construction.
		The town appears in the middle of Iter VII, entitled "The Route from [Noviomagus] Regnorum to Londinium", which records the Roman road-stations between Chichester in Sussex, the capital city of the Regnenses tribe, and the provincial capital of Britannia, London.
		Silchester is the end terminus of Iter XIII "The Route from Isca [Silurum] to Calleva", and Iter XIV "An Alternative Route from Isca [Silurum] to Calleva", both of which start off from the fortress of the Second Augustan Legion at Caerleon in the county of Gwent in South Wales.
	www.roman-britain.org /places/calleva.htm (1900 words)

	Silchester Roman Town: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The roman empire is the term conventionally used to describe the roman state in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of caesar augustus....
		Silchester is a village and civil parish in the english county of hampshire....
		Basingstoke is a new town in the county of hampshire in the uk....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /enc2/silchester_roman_town (1486 words)

	Mirago : Science: Social Sciences: Archaeology: Periods and Cultures: Roman: Sites and Monuments: United Kingdom
		Roman Town of Tripontium - Excavations by the Rugby Archaeological Society.
		The Roman Middlewich Project - Aims to present to the public the Roman past of this town in Cheshire which originated in the late 1st century AD as a military base.
		The Roman Villa at Woodchester - An illustrated description by Graham Thomas of the Roman villa in the Cotswolds noted for its mosaics.
	www.mirago.com /scripts/dir.aspx?cat=Top/Science/Social_Sciences/Archaeology/Periods_and_Cultures/Roman/Sites_and_Monuments/United_Kingdom (1075 words)

	Silchester - Roman Town
		For 50 years before the arrival of Cladius' army, the town of Calleva Atrebatum (The town in the woods of the Atrebates tribe) was growing into a flourishing town built in the roman style.
		Silchester was completely abandoned at the end of the Roman occupation of Britain and therefore much remains buried a few feet beneath fields.
		Outside the north east corner of the town walls is the magnificently preserved amphitheatre which could have held around 4,000 spectators.
	www.newarchaeology.com /articles/silchester.shtm (336 words)

	Britannia - Roman History Database -Sites by County
		Roman small fortified town of Chesterton-on-Fosse, which as its name indicates, lies on the Fosse Way, half-way between Dom and High Cross and 10 km north of the crossing made by the Roman road from Alcester to Alchester and the Fosse.
		Roman colony and legionary fortress.At the start of the campaign season of AD71 the new Roman governor of Britannia province, Petilius Cerialis, established a new fortress for the Ninth Hispanic Legion in the Vale of York to secure a firm base of operations for his planned campaign against the troublesome Brigantes tribe of northern England.
		Segedunum Roman Fort, Baths and Museum combines the excavated remains of the fort with spectacular reconstructions and exciting, hands-on museum displays to show what life was like in Roman Britain.The remains represent the most extensively excavated site in the Empire and the reconstructed bath-house is the only one of its kind in Britain.
	www.onlineera.com /britannia/database/sitesby1.htm (4124 words)

	Calleva Atrebatum - Roman Silchester, Hampshire, UK
		Unlike many other Roman towns which continued in use after the withdrawal of Roman troops early in the 5th century AD (such as Winchester), Silchester was completely abandoned at the end of the Roman occupation.
		Hampshire County Council owns the Roman Town, and the walls and the amphitheatre are in the care of English Heritage.
		The interior of the town is leased on an agricultural tenancy and is not accessible to the public.
	www.hants.gov.uk /discover/places/silchester.html (307 words)

	Silchester Roman Town: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Silchester Roman Town, or Calleva Atrebatum, was an Iron Age (archeology) the period following the Bronze Age; characterized by rapid spread of iron tools and weapons
		Silchester was completely excavated Excavation is the best-known and most commonly used technique within the science of archaeology....
		The site of Roman Silchester is adjacent to the modern village of Silchester Silchester is a village and civil parish in the english county of hampshire....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /s/silchester_roman_town (1285 words)

	The Silchester Excavations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Insula IX Insula IX was first excavated in 1893, the fourth season of a twenty year project by the Society of Antiquaries of London to excavate the entire Roman city of Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester).
		Within a period of twenty years (1890-1909) a programme of excavations under the auspices of the Society of Antiquaries of London revealed a plan of all the stone buildings within the walled area of the Roman town.
		It has been made possible by a grant from the AHRB for the development of an on-line archive for the continuing excavation project in Insula IX of the Roman town at Silchester.
	www.silchester.rdg.ac.uk /victorians/vic_home.php (794 words)

	United Kingdom Polish Yellow Pages - Polska - Poland - Polen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Roman Gask Project- Programme by the University of Manchester to study the Roman frontier on and around the Gask Ridge in Perthshire, Scotland.
		Roman Town of Tripontium- Excavations by the Rugby Archaeological Society.
		The Roman Villa at Woodchester- An illustrated description by Graham Thomas of the Roman villa in the Cotswolds noted for its mosaics.
	www.yp.pl /ca/217700/United_Kingdom (1001 words)

	Silchester Insula IX Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The 'Town Life' project is a research and training excavation of one part of the large Roman town at Silchester.
		Each year, the Silchester excavation runs a Field School, as part of the teaching work of the Department of Archaeology of the University of Reading.
		The Silchester Town Life Excavation is carried out with the kind permission of Hampshire County Council and the consent of the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
	www.silchester.rdg.ac.uk (416 words)

	Silchester Roman City Walls and Amphitheatre : Properties : Properties & Events : English Heritage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In the Iron Age, the region in which Silchester is located was part of the tribal territory of the Atrebates.
		During the Roman period their tribal centre became known as Calleva Atrebatum, growing into a substantial settlement of over 400,000 square metres (100 acres).
		On the edge of the Roman town, outside the walls, are the remains of a rural amphitheatre built AD 50-75 and able to seat about 3,000 people.
	www.english-heritage.org.uk /filestore/VisitsEvents/asp/visits/Details.asp?Property_Id=217 (156 words)

	ASPROM: The Seasons Mosaic from Silchester and its architectural context, by Stephen R. Cosh
		In 1901, during the excavations of House 1 Insula XXVII at Silchester, the fragmentary corner of a mosaic panel, including a bust, was found in Room 16.[1] Very little survived, principally because of the robbing in antiquity of the tiles from the underlying hypocaust.
		Two more examples from Silchester are suspected (fig 4, e–g),[14] but it is uncertain whether they were single rooms since wall divisions are shown which may be relics of an earlier phase as at Whatley, Somerset (fig.
		The wide borders in the Silchester apse could easily accommodate such furniture and the wide borders around three sides of the Seasons Mosaic can be interpreted as positions for three couches before the addition of the apse although the position of the door may preclude this.
	www.asprom.org /resources/Silchester/SilchesterCosh.html (1929 words)

	Visitors 'dig' Open Days at Silchester Roman Town (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The whole purpose of the University’s excavation at Silchester is to show the development of this unique Roman Town from its origins before the Roman Conquest to its abandonment in the fifth century AD.
		The project is both a training Field School and a research excavation located in the heart of Calleva Atrebatum, a major Roman civitas capital (administrative centre), situated in the modern village of Silchester.
		Professor Michael Fulford, the Director of the Silchester Town Life project is available for interview.
	www.fp.rdg.ac.uk /news/details.asp?ID=405 (447 words)

	BBC - History - City of the Dead: the Roman Town of Calleva Atrebatum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Silchester: The Roman Town of Calleva by GC Boon (David and Charles, 1974)
		The amphitheatre and town wall, the visible Roman remains at Silchester, are in the care of English Heritage and may be visited free of charge all year, Monday to Sunday, at any reasonable time.
		The excavations at Silchester continue in July and August each year and are open to the public from Saturday to Thursday 10.00-17.00 (closed Fridays).
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/archaeology/city_dead_08.shtml (370 words)

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		Silchester’s principal data collection are contained within the York Archaeological Trust’s (YAT) Integrated Archaeological Database (IADB) which is held on a server in Reading, removed from the data collection process in Hampshire and relevant experts at the Universities of Cardiff, Reading, Southampton and Oxford.
		The annual excavation period at Silchester comprises eight weeks of intensive data gathering in a tight timeframe and with limited personnel.
		The project findings will be cycled back to all stakeholders within the Silchester project including excavation staff, post-excavation researchers and specialists by means of project seminars and practical trials during the two excavation seasons covered by the project.
	www.jisc.ac.uk /general/printer_friendly.cfm?name=vre_silchester (589 words)

	Wargrave Local History Society - Oct2002
		Their discoveries were mainly of the 3rd and 4th centuries, but as the Romans were there for 400-500 years, Silchester was not a ‘one period’ town.
		The present ‘Roman town life project’ began in 1998, with on-site excavations for about 6 weeks each summer, and is about half complete.
		The dating of the Silchester examples is not certain, though early.
	www.wargrave.net /history/oct02.html (725 words)

	collectionsgateway.org.uk : Reading Museum Service - Collection - Silchester
		The core of this Collection is the Duke of Wellington’s Silchester Collection of objects excavated from the Roman town of Calleva by Revd J.G.Joyce from 1864 to 1878, and by the Society of Antiquaries of London from 1890 to 1909, which uncovered most of the area within the town walls.
		The Collection illustrates many aspects of life in a Roman town and the large number of high quality objects makes it an essential source of information for Roman research, whether historical or artefactual.
		A typical cross-section of objects from the Collection is displayed thematically in the Silchester Gallery, about 200 complete pots are on open storage in the Silchester Annexe and three complete mosaics from the town are in the Atrium.
	www.collectionsgateway.org.uk /collection.asp?partner=1&collection=55&=GO (495 words)

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