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Venta Silurum
The remains of the town wall
LocationMonmouthshire, Wales, UK
Coordinates51°36′40″N 2°46′05″W / 51.611°N 2.768°W / 51.611; -2.768
OS grid referenceST469905
Venta Silurum is located in Monmouthshire
Venta Silurum
Location in Monmouthshire
Venta Silurum plan

Venta Silurum was a town in Roman Britain (Britannia). Today it consists of remains in the village of Caerwent in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.

Much of it has been archaeologically excavated and is on display to the public.

The nearby Newport Museum has many of the finds on display.

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Venta Silurum

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Venta Silurum was a town in Roman Britain (Britannia). Today it consists of remains in the village of Caerwent in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. Much...

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Venta

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in England Venta Silurum (Venta of the Silures), the Roman town of Caerwent in Wales Javi Venta (born 1975), Spanish footballer Krishna Venta (1911–1958)...

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Caerwent

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east of Newport. It was founded by the Romans as the market town of Venta Silurum, an important settlement of the Brythonic Silures tribe. The modern...

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Venta Belgarum

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distinguish it from the other tribal markets in Britain such as Venta Silurum and Venta Icenorum. The settlement was apparently established around AD 70...

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Kingdom of Gwent

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the civitas capital of Venta Silurum, perhaps meaning "Market of the Silures". In the post Roman period, the territory around Venta became the successor...

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Monmouthshire

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Monmouthshire's most important Roman remains are found at the town of Venta Silurum (Market of the Slilures), present-day Caerwent in the south of the county...

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Wales

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 151. ISBN 978-1-84217-067-0. "RCAHMW Coflein: Caerwent Roman City; Venta Silurum". Retrieved 23 February 2019. Jones, Barri; Mattingly, David (1990)...

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Celtic Britons

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Reginī Noviomagus Reginorum Selgovae (*Selgowī) Eildon Hill? Silurēs Venta Silurum; Llanmelin Textoverdī (*Textowerdī) Coria? Trinovantēs (*Trinowantī)...

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Ancient Roman defensive walls

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effective, and was abandoned in the 7th century. Venta Silurum, Caerwent, Wales. Si o que Venta Silurum was a town in the Roman province of Britannia. The...

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List of Roman place names in Britain

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Leicestershire AI Venta Belgarum Winchester, Hampshire AI, P, RC Venta Icenorum or Icinos Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk AI, P, RC Venta Silurum Caerwent, Monmouthshire...

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Chepstow

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of Gwent". The name Gwent itself derives from the Roman settlement Venta Silurum or 'Market of the Silures', now named Caerwent, 5 miles (8 km) west...

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Antonine Itinerary

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Calleva mpm ciii sic An alternate route from Isca Silurum to Calleva Atrebatum thus 103 152 95 Venta Silurum mpm viiii Caerwent, Monmouthshire 9 13 8 Abone...

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Wales in the Roman era

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following the withdrawal of the Roman legions from Britain, the town of Venta Silurum (Caerwent) remained occupied by Romano-Britons until at least the early...

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Roman Britain

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Arnemetiae) Caerleon (Isca Augusta) C Caernarfon (Segontium) C Caerwent (Venta Silurum) C Caister-on-Sea C Canterbury (Durovernum Cantiacorum) C Carlisle (Luguvalium)...

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Silures

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Caerleon) was planted in the midst of tribal territory. The town of Venta Silurum (Caerwent, six miles west of Chepstow) was established in AD 75. It...

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List of cities founded by the Romans

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Castleford United Kingdom 75 AD Moridunum Carmarthen United Kingdom 75 AD Venta Silurum Caerwent United Kingdom 79 AD Deva Victrix Chester United Kingdom 79...

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Caradoc

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the 6th century, and was based at Caerwent, the earlier Roman town of Venta Silurum. They interpret his name as a remembrance of the earlier hero Caratacus...

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Toponymy of England

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Winchester was Venta Belgarum, the Win- element deriving from Venta in a similar way to the names Caerwent and Gwent from Venta Silurum in south Wales...

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Roman cities in Britain

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of Yorkshire Village Yes Chepstow (Caerwent) Caer Guent (possibly) Venta Silurum Silures Monmouthshire Town (Village) Yes Chester Caer Legion Deva Victrix...

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Christianity in Wales

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Wales is a vessel with a Chi-Rho symbol found at the nearby town of Venta Silurum (Caerwent). By the end of the 4th century, Christianity became the sole...

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List of Roman amphitheatres

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Llan Ffestiniog [56] Venta Silurum Caerwent Wales 51°36′45″N 2°45′59″W / 51.612381°N 2.766406°W / 51.612381; -2.766406 (Venta Silurum (Caerwent))...

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Insular monasticism

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Ireland, sailed up the River Severn and established a monastery at Venta Silurum. As a boy Cadoc was sent to study under Tathan. Llancarvan monastery...

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List of Latin place names in Britain

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Castra Legionis Caerleon Moridunum Carmarthen Mediomanum Caersws Nidum Neath Segontium Segontio, Seguntio, Seguntium Caernarfon Venta Silurum Caerwent...

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Isca Augusta

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Isca, variously specified as Isca Augusta or Isca Silurum, was the site of a Roman legionary fortress and settlement or vicus, the remains of which lie...

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Castles in Great Britain and Ireland

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influenced by Romanesque design, reusing numerous materials from the nearby Venta Silurum to produce what historian Robert Liddiard has termed "a play upon images...

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List of United Kingdom county name etymologies

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Glamorgan Welsh Morgan's land (Welsh Gwlad Morgan) Gwent Welsh From Venta (Silurum), perhaps originally meaning trading place, the name of the Roman administrative...

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Tathan

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Tathan was feted by King Caradoc and founded a monastic school at Venta Silurum (Caerwent). Scholars came from all parts to be instructed there. King...

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Timeline of Welsh history

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Tacitus, Annals 12:33–38 Williams 2010, p. 25. "Caerwent Roman City; Venta Silurum (93753)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 29 September 2021. "Isca: the Roman...

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List of cities with defensive walls

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Yeni-Kale Aberystwyth Beaumaris Brecon Caerleon (Isca Augusta) Caerwent (Venta Silurum) Caernarfon Cardiff Cardigan Chepstow – Port Wall Cowbridge Conwy Denbigh...

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Portskewett

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throughout the Roman period, on the route between Aquae Sulis (Bath) and Venta Silurum (Caerwent). By the 18th century, a regular ferry service crossed the...

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