Wroxeter Roman City
📍 Shropshire, England
About
Viroconium or Uriconium, formally Viroconium Cornoviorum, was a Roman city, one corner of which is now occupied by Wroxeter, a small village in Shropshire, England, about 5 miles (8 km) east-south-east of Shrewsbury. At its peak, Viroconium is estimated to have been the 4th-largest Roman settlement in Britain, a civitas with a population of more than 15,000. The settlement probably lasted until the end of the 7th century or the beginning of the 8th. Extensive remains can still be seen, in the care of English Heritage, with an on-site Museum and reconstructed Roman house.
Established c. AD 55 as a frontier military post near the River Severn. Grew into Viroconium Cornoviorum, the fourth-largest Roman city in Britain and capital of the Cornovii tribe. The massive 'Old Work' bathhouse wall is the largest freestanding Roman ruin in England. Managed by English Heritage with an on-site museum.
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