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Wroxeter as it is today could hardly be more different from the original Roman city of Viriconium. Now a small rural village nestled into one corner of the ramparts of the ancient city, Wroxeter was once home to over 5,000 people, as well as the 6000-strong garrison.
© Paul Highnam, Courtesy of English Heritage
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Only a tiny part of the city has been excavated in any great detail, and only the Roman baths, now owned by English Heritage, are on display to the public. Even from these remains, however, the visitor can gain a real sense of what Roman life must have been like. Occasional displays of Roman skills, including cookery, surgery and war tactics, also help to bring the ruins to life.
The rest of Viriconium is almost invisible to the naked eye, with many buildings and thoroughfares still hidden beneath the fields. Getting at these requires sophisticated technology. The Wroxeter Hinterland Project, an international team of archaeologists based at Birmingham University, has set itself the challenge of investigating and interpreting Wroxeter's Roman remains.
In order to gain a better understanding of the history of the settlement, the project is studying the surrounding landscape as well as the city itself. Their work should also help to shed more light on the process of "'Romanisation", by which Britons were integrated into the Roman Empire.
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