The Hidden Remains of Roman London

Step back nearly 2,000 years and explore the remarkable traces of Roman London still hidden in the heart of the city.

The Romans founded Londinium between AD47 and AD50, transforming it into the capital of Roman Britain. Although much of that ancient city has vanished, extraordinary remains survive—if you know where to look.

In this video, we’ll uncover:

🔹 The origins of Londinium
🔹 Surviving sections of the Roman Wall around the City of London
🔹 The remains of Billingsgate Roman House & Baths
🔹 Roman floors hidden in church crypts at St Bride’s and All Hallows-by-the-Tower
🔹 The London Mithraeum, a temple dedicated to a mysterious Roman cult
🔹 The site of Londinium’s amphitheatre beneath Guildhall Art Gallery
🔹 Artefacts such as pottery, amphoras, and even a dog’s pawprint preserved in clay
🔹 The dramatic story of Boudicca’s revolt, which left its fiery mark on the city

From ancient wharves and hidden bathhouses to gladiatorial arenas and secret temples, this is the story of Roman London’s hidden history—still visible both above and below the streets of the modern Square Mile.

📍 Locations featured include: Tower Hill, Southwark Cathedral, Guildhall Yard, the Barbican, Vine Street, and more.

If you enjoy exploring London’s hidden history, don’t forget to like, subscribe, and check out my other films linked below.

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Map of the Roman Londinium locations featured:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edi...

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Chapters

00:00 Intro- Before Londinium: The Battersea Shield & Grim's Ditch
00:57 The Romans Arrive
02:12 Founding Londinium
02:43 Roman Roads: Ermine Street & Watling Street
03:21 The London Stone
03:40 The Thames & Roman Trade
04:47 Billingsgate House & Baths
06:17 Roman Southwark: Guy's Hospital & Southwark Cathedral
07:09 St Bride's Fleet Street Roman Tiles
07:23 All-Hallows-by-the-Tower Roman Floor & Artefacts
08:11 1920s Roman Londinium Model
08:43 Londinium's Roman Amphitheatre
10:21 Traces of Boudicca's Revolt
11:39 The Walbrook Skulls
11:58 Grave of the Unknown Roman Girl
12:50 The London Mithraeum/Temple of Mithras
14:21 Exploring London's Roman Wall
15:52 Tower Hill Underground Station Roman Wall Section
18:12 Outro

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Links for this video:

The London Stone Video
   • Is This London's Oldest Landmark?  

The British Museum
https://www.britishmuseum.org/

Southwark Cathedral
https://cathedral.southwark.anglican.org

St Magnus-the-Martyr Church
https://www.stmagnusmartyr.org.uk

Billingsgate House & Baths
https://www.thecityofldn.com/director...

St Brides Church
https://www.stbrides.com/

All-Hallows-by-the-Tower
https://www.ahbtt.org.uk/

Guildhall Art Gallery
https://www.thecityofldn.com/guildhal...

London Mithraeum
https://www.londonmithraeum.com

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Credits

Images & Footage:

Battersea Shield: © The Trustees of the British Museum. Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) licence.

Roman Roads map: Wikipedia/Creative Commons

Frigidarium: giomodica (Creative Commons)

Bath footage: The Roman Baths Channel    • Welcome to the Roman Baths  

Billingsgate Bath House: Carla Brain (Creative Commons)

Billingsgate Bath House second image: HeritageDaily

Illustration of Roman London: The London Museum

Roman Britain map: National Library of Scotland

Boudicca Red Clay level: thepathofsurvival.co.uk

Walbrook Skulls: The London Museum

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Sound Effects (via freesound.org)

Roaring Crowd: benfree

Angry mob loop: bevibeldesign

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Music:

The Anunnaki Return (Jesse Gallagher)


Heart of Nowhere by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-...

Artist: http://incompetech.com/


Passing Time (Kevin MacLeod)

Black Mass (Brian Bolger)

I’ll Remember You (Jeremy Blake)

Soul and Mind (E’s Jammy Jams)

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