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London Wall Where to See
The tombstone of a Roman Roman London
legionnaire was built into the city
wall. The writing tablets in his left Most traces of the Roman occu­
hand suggest he did clerical work. pation are in the City (see pp146–
63) and Southwark (see pp176–87).
The Museum of London (see
pp170–71) and the British Museum
(see pp128–31) have extensive
Amphitheatre collections of Roman finds.
Entertainment There’s a Roman pavement in
was brutal. the crypt of All Hallows by the
Gladiators, Tower (see p157); there are also
dressed like this parts of the Roman wall around
figurine, fighting the City – one of the largest is
to the death, near the Tower of London. In the
was a popular 1980s an amphitheatre was found
spectacle. below the Guildhall (see p163).
Roman basilica
and forum

This section of the Roman
wall, built in the 3rd century to
defend the city, can be seen
from the Museum of London.

Old London
Bridge Site of present-day This well-preserved Roman
Tower of London mosaic, a 2nd­ century pavement,
was found in 1869 in the City. It
Roman governor’s is now in the Museum of London.
palace
1014 Norse invader
604 King Ethelbert Olaf pulls down
builds first St Paul’s
London Bridge
to take the city
834 First Viking raids
500 600 700 800 1000

871 Alfred the Great
becomes king of Wessex

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