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Chester and Roman
Then, after collecting reinforcements, they made a sudden dash across England and occupied the ruined Roman walls of Chester.
* A small Roman shrine to Minerva ( the only one still in situ in the UK ) stands in Handbridge, Chester.
In 2010, following archaeological discoveries at the Roman ruins in Chester, some writers suggested that the Chester Roman Amphitheatre was the true prototype of the Round Table but the English Heritage Commission, acting as consultants to a History Channel documentary in which the claim was made, declared that there was no archaeological basis to the story.
* Chester is founded as a castrum or Roman fort with the name Deva Victrix.
Most old Roman settlements, whether actually inhabited or not, were given the title of chester / caster in Old English ( from the Latin castrum, for ' camp '); the specific names for each may only have little relation to the Roman names ( e. g. modern Chester was actually called Deva by the Romans ).
" The City of the Legion " may be a reference to Caerleon, whose name translates as such, but it might also refer to Chester, the site of a large Roman base.
Roman remains have been found in the valley and it is thought that the roads from York to Chester, and from settlements in Halifax and Wakefield, ran through Cleckheaton and the junction gave rise to a staging post.
Chester was founded as a " castrum " or Roman fort with the name Deva Victrix in the year 79 by the Roman Legio II Adiutrix during the reign of the Emperor Vespasian.
Diorama of the Roman Legionary fortress Deva Victrix in Grosvenor Museum, Chester.
The Romans founded Chester as Deva Victrix in the 70s AD in the land of the Celtic Cornovii, according to ancient cartographer Ptolemy, as a fortress during the Roman expansion northward.
Deverdoeu was still one of two Welsh language names for Chester in the late 12th century ; its other and more enduring Welsh name was Caerlleon, literally " the fortress-city of the legions ", a name identical with that of the Roman fortress at the other end of the Welsh Marches at Caerleon in Monmouthshire, namely Isca Augusta.
At the intersection of the former Roman roads is Chester Cross, to the north of which is the small church of St Peter's which is in use as an ecumenical centre.
The major museum in Chester is the Grosvenor Museum which includes a collection of Roman tombstones and an art gallery.
Chester Visitor Centre, opposite the Roman Amphitheatre, issues a leaflet giving details of tourist attractions.
The major museum in Chester is the Grosvenor Museum which includes a collection of Roman tombstones and an art gallery.
The city has many chain stores, and also features an indoor market, a department store ( Browns of Chester, now absorbed by the Debenhams chain ), and two main indoor shopping centres: The Grosvenor Shopping Centre and the Forum ( a reference to the City's Roman past ).
During the great Viking invasion of England opposed by Alfred the Great and various other Saxon and Welsh rulers, the Viking chieftain Hastein in late summer 893 marched his men to Chester to occupy the ruined Roman fortress there.
The origins of the settlement date to Roman times when salt from Nantwich was used by the Roman garrisons at Chester ( Deva Victrix ) and Stoke-on-Trent as both a preservative and a condiment.
Chester and Amphitheatre
* Roman Amphitheatre at Chester found by Hugh Thompson
Chester and Cheshire
Born in Boston, Colony of Massachusetts, to David Yale ( 1613 – 1690 ) and Ursula Knight ( 1624 – 1698 ), Yale was the grandson of Ann Lloyd ( 1591 – 1659 ), who after the death of her first husband, Thomas Yale ( 1590 – 1619 ) in Chester, Cheshire, England, married Governor Theophilus Eaton ( 1590 – 1658 ) of New Haven Colony.
Chester is a city and is also the county town of Cheshire, England.
* Edge, Cheshire, a civil parish in the Cheshire West and Chester council area of Cheshire, England
* Upton by Chester, in Cheshire
The name may be derived from Cheshire, Chester being the county seat of Cheshire in England.
Robert Edward " Bob " Mills ( born 30 June 1957 in Chester, Cheshire, England ) is a British comedian, notable for his appearances in cult TV series such as In Bed with Medinner and The Show, the latter an attempt to do a non-fictional British version of The Larry Sanders Show.
* The Cheshire Cat lends its name to two public houses in the county of Cheshire ; one near Stockport and another on the A41 just south of Chester.
Instead, a Royal Commission was set up to review English local government entirely, and its report ( known as the Redcliffe-Maud Report ) proposed a much wider Merseyside metropolitan area covering southwest Lancashire and northwest Cheshire, extending as far south as Chester and as far north as the River Ribble.
Aldford is a village and civil parish in the county of Cheshire, England, south of Chester ().
It proved to be a forlorn hope, because of the national strategic importance of Cheshire and of the city port of Chester meant that national interests overruled local ones.
Chester ( ), is a city in Cheshire, England.
Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 118, 925 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328, 100 according to the 2001 Census.
Chester is an unparished area within the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester as of 1 April 2009 replacing the old Chester City Council and the local ward is the City ward electing 3 councillors.
One of the blocks in the forecourt of Chester Castle houses the Cheshire Military Museum.
Chester Northgate, which was located North East of the city centre, opened in 1875 as a terminus for the Cheshire Lines Committee.
The original Chester Canal was constructed to run from the River Dee near Sealand Road, to Nantwich in south Cheshire, and opened in 1774.
Cheshire Jets play at the city's Northgate Arena leisure centre ; and a wheelchair basketball team, Celtic Warriors, formerly known as the Chester Wheelchair Jets.
* Group Captain Leonard Cheshire VC, OM, DSO and Two Bars, DFC ( 1917 – 1992 ), renowned Second World War RAF bomber pilot and founder of the Leonard Cheshire Disability charity, was born in Hoole Road, Hoole, Chester ( although he was brought up in Oxford ).
Roman and Amphitheatre
The Colosseum, or the Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre ( Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium, Italian Anfiteatro Flavio or Colosseo ), is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire, built of concrete and stone.
Ruins of Roman Amphitheatre in Cagliari
The Arles Amphitheatre | Roman arena at Arles is still in use today, drawing large crowds for bullfighting as well as Play ( theatre ) | play s and concert s in summer.
Arles Amphitheatre, a Roman arena.
Live music events and Visual arts are staged at venues including the open-air Roman Amphitheatre, which hosts plays in the summer.
Durrës Amphitheatre | Roman Amphitheatre in Durrës
There have also been seven open-air summer shows, broadcast from Amphitheatre Xanten, Plaça de Toros de Palma de Mallorca, Disneyland Paris, Waldbühne Berlin, and Aspendos Roman Theatre.
* The Roman Amphitheatre, situated near the Roman Odeon, in Ifestou street, is one of the most important and impressive monuments of the city.
* Roman Amphitheatre – remains of an oval amphitheatre were revealed when the underground carpark was excavated at the Place Gambetta, just west of, and partially beneath, Boulevard Gambetta in the city centre.
The Roman Amphitheatre
* The Roman Amphitheatre, built in the 2nd century and situated near Sant ' Oronzo Square, was able to seat more than 25, 000 people.
* Roman Amphitheatre, also discovered in 1881, together with a group of tombs, all belonging to the first four centuries AD, near the original necropolis.
The event took place at the Roman Amphitheatre in Zouk Mikael.
The hall ’ s horseshoe shape was taken from European opera house design and other design elements were inspired by historic performance halls, including the Roman Amphitheatre ( ).
Image: Albano L. Anfieatro Romano. JPG | Roman Amphitheatre
File: Avenches-arènes. jpg | L ’ évêque Tower with Amphitheatre and Roman Museum
Italica ’ s amphitheater seated 25, 000 spectators — half as many as the Flavian Amphitheatre in Rome — and was the third largest in the Roman Empire.
There's the Roman Amphitheatre, arcades of the Oree Gate, and remains of the Aqueduct arches.
Its principle feature is Cirencester Amphitheatre, an impressive ancient monument that is surrounded by many other archaeological features, most notably the extensive Roman Quarries and a huge Roman cemetery, now largely buried beneath the Cirencester ring road.
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