Roman

[Octavius]

Where in the UK is the best place to see evidence of roman occupation?

[tartanwiz]

The City of Bath, as the Roman baths there are well preserved, arguably the best-preserved Roman buildings in Britain today. But there are plenty of other places. In Chester, for example, is a well-restored Roman amphitheatre as well as the City Wall, and parts of Hadrian's Wall near the Scottish-English border are well intact.

[Hgrove]

Near Chichester there is a Roman villa with mosaics; sorry the name escapes me at the moment - will post when I can remember.

[Cetti]

Chedworth Roman Villa near Cheltenham is a must to see stunning  mosaics,  and possibly the earliest example of underfloor heating in the country. The setting is a beautiful wooded area in the Cotswold - all owned by the National Trust.

[Peter Pedant]

Salve Octavi!

O God I cant remember if the vocative of Octavius is regular or not.

Depends what you want. Roman artefacts, British Museum. Stuff above ground? Dorchester? Excavated villas: Chedworth or Fishbourne

Bath is Good,

The longest aqueduct in Europe is da daaah at Dorchester from Frampton, but is just a ditch 6 miles long (a very exciting one, which I have run along) and not at all like Pont du Gard at Nimes or Segovia

Roman road? There's a three hundred metre segment at Blackstone edge Saddleworth Moor,

 

Sculpture - Oh God try the Ny Carlsberg exhibition of the Copenhagen Glypotek (�10 to get in, but remember it's Culture!) Amazing number of Roman Imperial heads, busts torsos from the temple of Diana at Nermi

 

 

[Octavius]

Fishbourne Palace is near Chichester.  Its a lovely place.  Over the last couple of years I have read lots of historical novels, fiction + fact and have developed a real fascination for the era.  Thanks for all your ideas, I will definitely aim for the places you have listed.

I have already been to Rome so I was looking for something closer to home.  Cheers everyone. 

[Hgrove]

Yes it was Fishbourne - we enjoyed it too.