GhostOfClayton Posted September 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 (edited) Last week, I visited the Roman Camp shown here: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=292007&Y=215725&A=Y&Z=115 Unfortunately, there was nothing visible on the ground, but I then walked along the Roman Road 'Sarn Helen' south-west from the camp. Small patches of what appeared to be the original road surface where visible here and there, but did I have my camera with me? Did I heck! There was also the quite interesting 'Maen Madoc' stone. I wasn't expecting it, but how marvellous it is when you just stumble across something like this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maen_Madoc Edited September 13, 2010 by GhostOfClayton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k08el01 Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 Caesaria and Beit She'an in Israel back in 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medusa Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 Will go this weekend to the Europ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic Posted September 18, 2010 Report Share Posted September 18, 2010 Probably the last place I visited was Caerwent. Absolutely amazing how much of the Roman walls are still standing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klingan Posted September 18, 2010 Report Share Posted September 18, 2010 Torre Degli Embrici in Basilicata (a huge Roman villa), unless you count the Athenian Acropolis as a Roman site (which it is possible to do). By the way, you might be glad to hear that the propylon and temple of Nike are finally completely cleared of scaffoldings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryaxis Hecatee Posted September 18, 2010 Report Share Posted September 18, 2010 Will go this weekend to the Europ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryaxis Hecatee Posted September 18, 2010 Report Share Posted September 18, 2010 Torre Degli Embrici in Basilicata (a huge Roman villa), unless you count the Athenian Acropolis as a Roman site (which it is possible to do). By the way, you might be glad to hear that the propylon and temple of Nike are finally completely cleared of scaffoldings. Yes I've seen the press release, that's a first in what, 20 years ? Now they just have to finish on the Parthenon itself (and yes I'd count the Acropolis as roman, seing that there is the temple of August and Rome... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klingan Posted September 18, 2010 Report Share Posted September 18, 2010 Torre Degli Embrici in Basilicata (a huge Roman villa), unless you count the Athenian Acropolis as a Roman site (which it is possible to do). By the way, you might be glad to hear that the propylon and temple of Nike are finally completely cleared of scaffoldings. Yes I've seen the press release, that's a first in what, 20 years ? Now they just have to finish on the Parthenon itself (and yes I'd count the Acropolis as roman, seing that there is the temple of August and Rome... I'm afraid that finishing the Parthenon will take a while. I had the privilege to get a private tour with one of the architects there earlier this year and he estimated that it would take at least 50 years at this rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludovicus Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 It would be Ravena's roman remains that would get the title, with some early empire villa's mosaics underground and of course all the Byzantine remains. I'm currently planning for a visit to Rome in mid-november and use it as a pretext for 2 weeks in Etruria and/or Tuscany and Rome though... Ravenna took my breath away. This is late antiquity in all it's splendor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryaxis Hecatee Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Ravenna took my breath away. This is late antiquity in all it's splendor. Yes, even if what remains is still, a bit empty : where are the incense, the songs, the tapestries, the rich clothes asks the mind while looking at those magnificient buildings and seeing bored tourists taking the picture where they are told to take them, looking just at what is shown by guides who often say things... that no historians wants to ear, etc. I think I also need to do a Byzantine Greece tour one day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klingan Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Ravenna took my breath away. This is late antiquity in all it's splendor. I must admit that I was never very fond of Ravenna. Sure, it's one of the most beautiful and well organized Italians cities there are (and know that I, as a Scandinavian, very my appreciate that kind of stuff), but the place just didn't appeal to me. It might be that I was never much for the late antique stuff thou, and I remember being very bored by the Christian mosaics (I'm actually trying to find out for myself why I disliked it, as I'm typing). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maladict Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 I've always thought of Ravenna as a great place to settle down when you're 70 or something. Calm, laid back, melancholic place but very unpretentious. Yet, if you know where to look, there are enough treasures around you to last you the rest of your life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostOfClayton Posted September 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 Its probably Hadrian's Wall for me, I come into contact with the Wall quite a lot due to my regular ventures to Scotland and back and when ever I've got a bit of spare time I'll make a little detour to the site of any remains and just have a little wander about for half hour or so. It's good to get a little Roman fix to break up the day!! I'm making an assumption that you've taken the opprtunity to stop off at Piercebridge on your way up/down. If not, wait for a sunny day, and do so. Some good excavations are on display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustus Caesar Posted September 20, 2010 Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 Once again it has to be Hadrian's Wall for me. I absolutely love this monument no matter how small the volume of Wall is visible or how great. It was a magnificent piece of engineering taking just six years to 'complete' - imagine doing that these days? Not a chance!! The last fort I visited with my good lady wife was Cilurnum (Chesters) although previously on the same day we visited Housesteads. They are both magnificent sites in their own right but one thing that disappointed me at both was the overgrown grass in the middle of each fort. It was deliberately allowed to grow and had 'walkways' through it to certain parts of fort. When I asked one of the staff at Housesteads the answer was one of an official stance in that it was to allow the wildlife back into the forts in terms of nesting birds and small rodents. What?!?!?!? My stock answer to that was that there is a large open space around the whole Wall where this already happens so why inside a national treasure? The last repponse was 'that this is experimental'. Noooo waaayyyyy I wanted to say in a low dulcet tone but I held back... so my response was to say that money was being saved or that the grass cutter had broken down. On a serious note this does nothing to bring the visitor in and only spoils what many visitors have been used to or been told to expect. The sooner it gets back to its normal look the better. Apart from that oddity I say go visit at your earliest - you will not be disappointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vipsania Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 The very last Roman site that I visited was Herculaneum in April of this year. Of course on this latest trip I visited Pompeii, but to be honest, I found Herculaneum to be more interesting and mysterious. Ostia Antica still remains my favorite site due to the freedom one has in walking the grounds and contemplating life as a Roman some 2,000 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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