Roman Baths Museum

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Roman Baths Museum, Caerleon

Interior of the Roman Baths Museum

The Roman Baths Museum is located in Caerleon in the city of Newport, south-east Wales.

Background and history

Main articles: Isca Augusta and Caerleon

Roman Wales was the farthest point west that the Roman Empire in Roman Britain extended to, and as a defence point the fortress at Caerleon, built in 75 AD, was one of only three permanent Roman Legionary fortresses in Roman Britain. It was occupied and operational for just over 200 years.

The Roman Baths Museum lies inside what remains of the fortress of Isca Augusta close to the National Roman Legion Museum. The baths museum has a covered walkway over part of the remains of the military bath house.

The baths museum is administered by Cadw, as are the remains of Isca Augusta within a short walk of the baths museum:

• The most complete Roman amphitheatre in Britain
• Sections of the fortress walls
• The only remains of a Roman legionary barracks on view anywhere in Europe at Prysg Field

See also

• Newport Museum
• Venta Silurum

References

External links

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