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	Tripontium -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Tripontium was initially a military frontier post, established soon after the (additional info and facts about Roman invasion of Britain) Roman invasion of Britain around (additional info and facts about AD 50) AD 50.
		The name "Tripontium" means "place of the three bridges", in reference to nearby bridges over the (A river in central England that flows through Stratford-on-Avon and empties into the Severn) River Avon and two of its tributaries.
		It was initially thought that Tripontium was a small wayside settlement of little importance; however, excavations of the site have revealed that it was an important Romano-British town, with large public (additional info and facts about bath houses) bath houses, an extensive administrative building and a mansio (hotel) building.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/tr/tripontium.htm (519 words)

	tripontium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Tripontium was a Roman town, situated in England upon the Watling Street Roman road, just outside modern-day Rugby on the Warwickshire/Leicestershire border.
		Tripontium is featured as a stopping place in at least one of these documents.
		The exact position of Tripontium remained a mystery for centuries but it was discovered in the 20th century, and excavation work began on the site in 1961 by the Rugby Archeological Society.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Tripontium.html (272 words)

	Tripontium - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Tripontium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Tripontium was a Roman town, in England upon the Watling Street Roman road (now known as the A5).
		It is situated on the Warwickshire/Leicestershire border, roughly 4 miles (6km) north-east of Rugby in Warwickshire, and 4 miles south of Lutterworth in Leicestershire.
		The exact position of Tripontium remained a mystery for centuries, but it was located by the antiquarian Matthew Bloxam in 1836.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Tripontium.html (463 words)

	Tripontium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It is situated on the Warwickshire/Leicestershire border – roughly 4 miles (6km) north-east of Rugby in Warwickshire and 4 miles south of Lutterworth in Leicestershire – on the Roman road later called Watling Street and today known as the A5.
		It was initially thought that Tripontium was a small wayside settlement of little importance; however, excavations of the site have revealed that it was an important Romano-British town, with large public bath houses, an extensive administrative building and a mansio (hotel) building.
		It is believed that at least one Roman emperor visited Tripontium, as the town is listed in the Antonine Itineraries, a third century document which recorded the journeys taken by the Emperors.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/T/Tripontium.htm (493 words)

	Tripontium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Tripontium was a Roman town situated in England upon the Watling Street Roman road just outside modern-day Rugby on the Warwickshire / Leicestershire border.
		It is believed that Tripontium was an stopping place for travelers and passing Roman It is also believed that several Roman emperors visited Tripontium.
		The exact position of Tripontium remained a for centuries but it was discovered in 20th century and excavation work began on the in 1961 by the Rugby Archeological Society.
	www.freeglossary.com /Tripontium (231 words)

	Tripontium - TheBestLinks.com - Coin, England, Iron, Pottery, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It is believed that the town was founded in around AD 50 and was inhabited for around 400 years until the late fourth century when the Romans left Britain.
		The exact position of Tripontium remained a mystery for centuries, but its position was located by the antiquarian Matthew Bloxam in 1836.
		It was innitially though that Tripontium was a small wayside settlement of little importance, however excavations of the site have revealed it to be an important Romano-British town, with baths and several large administrative buildings, along with numerous pieces of pottery Roman coins and other remains.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Tripontium.html (294 words)

	TRIPONTIVM
		The only classical reference which mentions the name of the Roman fortified settlement at Cave's Inn in Warwickshire is the Antonine Itinerary of the late-second century.
		Excavation and observation in advance of quarrying established that the Roman settlement of Tripontium extended around 230 feet (70m) to either side of Watling Street for a length of c.
		At least thirty inhumations have been recovered from the site and its environs, mostly lying outside the defenses to the north, west and east, although three have been recovered from within the enclosure to the west of Watling Street.
	www.roman-britain.org /places/tripontium.htm (663 words)

	FORUM APPII - LoveToKnow Article on FORUM APPII (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It is mentioned also as a halting place in the account of Pauls journey to Rome (Acts xxviii.
		Under Nerva and Trajan the road was repaired; one inscription records expressly the paving with silex (replacing the former gravelling) of the section from Tripontium, 4 m.
		NW., to Forum Appii; the bridge near Tripontium was similarly repaired, and that at Forum Appii, though it bears no inscription, is of the same style.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FO/FORUM_APPII.htm (207 words)

	Early History
		By the Roman period, the main settlement in the area was at Tripontium, which was situated at the crossroads of two major routes - the Fosse Way and Watling Street (now the A46 and A5).
		The secrets of Tripontium are still being revealed today and finds can be seen at Lutterworth Museum and Rugby Museum.
		A case in Lutterworth Museum showing pieces of Roman pottery found at Tripontium.
	www.thisislutterworth.com /cms.cfm?pageid=116 (179 words)

	Museum - Tripontium - Rugby Borough Council
		Share the excitement of archaeologists who have been uncovering the secrets of Tripontium for the past 40 years.
		Tripontium was a small Roman town situated approximately four miles east of Rugby and four miles west of Lutterworth.
		The exhibition gives you a chance to learn about daily life in Roman Britain through the remarkable Tripontium Collection of Roman artefacts.
	www.rugby.gov.uk /site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=171&pageNumber=2 (130 words)

	Rugby Art Gallery & Museum - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions and heritage
		Rugby Collection of 20th and contemporary British art including prints and paintings by Stanley Spencer, Bridget Riley, L S Lowry and Lucian Freud.
		Tripontium Collection of Roman artifacts from an important Roman settlement near Rugby.
		Tripontium ; Rugby Collection ; Bridget Riley ; Stanley Spencer ; Lucian freud ; L S Lowry ; Barbara Hepworth ; Paula Rego ; Paul Nash ; Walter Sickert ; Prunella Clough ; Louis le Brocquy ; Leon Kossoff ; Humphrey Spender ; David Tindle ; Carel Weight ; Evelyn Williams ; Christopher Wood
	www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /museum/MW1001.html (267 words)

	icCoventry - Urgent plea over battle site riddle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The bloodthirsty battle between Queen Boadicea and the Romans in 62ADwas recreated by father and son presenting team Peter and Dan Snow in their new TV series Battlefield Britain.
		Mr Lucas, who led the excavation of the Rugby Roman settlement Tripontium in the 60s, said the programme had not affected his viewpoint.
		He said contemporary reports by historian Tacitus, which described a gorge, a large plain and a large wood on the field, backed up the Rugby theory.
	iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk /0100news/0150swarksnews/tm_objectid=14541071&method=full&siteid=50003&headline=urgent-plea-over-battle-site-riddle-name_page.html (383 words)

	FORUM APPII - Online Information article about FORUM APPII
		TRAJAN [MARCUS ULPIUS TRAJANUS] (A. Trajan the road was repaired; one inscription records expressly the paving with silex (replacing the former gravelling) of the See also:
		section from Tripontium, 4 M. N.W., to Forum Appii; the See also:
		bridge near Tripontium was similarly repaired, and that at Forum Appii, though it bears no inscription, is of the same See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /FLA_FRA/FORUM_APPII.html (342 words)

	RugbyRugby : Latest News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Rugby is a town in the Midlands of England, almost at the centre of England.
		In pre-history some people lived about there and then in the 4th century the Romans had a place called Tripontium nearby.
		Then came the Saxons and then the Vikings with their Danish rape and pillage.
	www.rugbyrugby.com /LATEST_NEWS/story_32762.shtml (582 words)

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