Discover St Albans Roman Town - Roman Theatre, Hypocaust, Roman Town Wall and Verulamium Museum.

St Albans in Hertfordshire is a must see destination for visitors interested in Roman Britain. Verulamium as the city was called in Roman times, boasts the only remaining Roman theatre in Roman Britain, an outstanding collection of mosaics and finds on display in the museum, well-preserved sections of the city walls and a hypocaust in situ under a mosaic floor. Today the remains of Verulamium are mostly located in a beautiful public park. My film takes you on a full tour around the theatre, the city walls, hypocaust and the museum.

Reasons to visit St Albans:

• Only Roman Theatre in Roman Britain.
• Well preserved Roman city walls.
• Award winning Roman Verulamium Museum.
• Best Roman wall paintings to have survived in Britain
• Outstanding collection of over 40 Roman mosaic floors.
• Hundreds of Roman artefacts.
• Verulamium Venus figure.
• In situ hypocaust beneath a fine mosaic floor.
• Third largest city in Roman Britain.

The sites of Roman St Albans are located in and around the tranquil Verulamium park, so it is only a short walk to all of the sites shown in the film. The film features:
1:21:15 St Albans’ Roman Theatre
4:24:21 Roman Arch Remains
5:11:01 Shops and Roman Town House
5:47:22 Hypocaust and mosaic floor
7:39 St Alban’s Roman Town Wall
11:41:09 Verulamium Museum

The History bit –
The Romans established the settlement of St Albans shortly after the invasion in AD43, close to the capital of the Catuvellauni tribe. The town was completely destroyed during the revolt led by Boudicca in AD 60-1. Verulamium was rebuilt between AD 70 – 100. It became the third largest town in Roman Britain. The town included a Forum with a basilica, public baths, temples, many prosperous private townhouses and a theatre. Verulamium was an important town in Roman Britain for four hundred years until the end of the Roman occupation. It was granted municipium status, a self-governing community and it’s citizens were granted latin rights. The city wall was built between 265 and 270 AD of mortared flint rubble with layers of brick bonding. It was faced with dressed flints, though little of the facing remains. St Albans is the location of the first British matyr after whom it was named.

Information –
St Albans is 20 miles north of London. If you visit by car you can park next to the museum. There are toilet facilities in the car park. All places shown in my film are a short walking distance from the car park. The car park is located where part of the Roman Forum once stood. During your visit grab some lunch at the Inn on the Park which I can recommend.

Roman Theatre website
https://www.gorhamburyestate.co.uk/Th...
Verulamium Museum
https://www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/vi...
The Hypocaust
http://www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/vis...
Inn on the Park
https://www.inn-on-the-park.com/

To Visit
Car Park address: Verulamium, St Michaels Street, St Albans, AL3 4SW

Music credits:
All music courtesy of Epidemic Sounds

To All the Glory by Howard Harper-Barnes
   • To All the Glory  

Brought to Rome by Francis Wells
   • Brought to Rome  

Deep Blue Delta Sinus by OOkean
   • Deep Blue Delta Sinus  

Morning Comes by Mochas
   • Mochas - Morning Comes  

Lost Thoughts by Hanna Lindgren
   • Hanna Lindgren - Lost Thoughts  

Troubled Lines by Alfie Jay Winters
   • Troubled Lines  

Indulgence by Alec Slayne
   • Indulgence  

The Traveller by Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
   • Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen - The Traveller ...  

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