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The Bulletin
Fix this text“The Bulletin,” Vol. 69—No. 3568
Fix this textWednesday, June 30, 1048
Fix this textPrice 6d.
Fix this textRegistered at the General Post Office, Sydney. N.S.W., Australia, for Transmission by Post as Newspaper.
Fix this textSeppelts
Fix this texttwo miles from Newport,
Fix this textMonmouthshire, was at one time a
Fix this textRoman fortress and garrison known to
Fix this textthem as Isca. Excavations have proved
Fix this textthat the fortress was first established
Fix this textabout A.D. 75 at the time of the final
Fix this textpacification of Wales by the Romans.
Fix this textA Welsh chronicler, Gerald of Barry,
Fix this textdescribed Caerleon in the year 1188 as
Fix this text“a handsome city built of masonry, with
Fix this textcourses of bricks, by the Romans.”
Fix this textMany vestiges of its former splendour
Fix this textmay yet be seen, immense palaces,
Fix this textformerly ornamented with gilded roofs,
Fix this textin imitation of Roman magnificence—
Fix this text“a town of prodigious size, remarkable
Fix this texthot baths, relics of temples and theatres,
Fix this textall enclosed within fine walls, parts of
Fix this textwhich remain standing.”
Fix this textToday it is not easy to visualise the
Fix this textextent and character of the ancient fort-
Fix this textress, built by the second August Legion,
Fix this textconsisting of between 5,000 and 6,000
Fix this textmen, although fragments of the defensive
Fix this textwalls enclosing an area of fifty acres can
Fix this textstill be traced.
Fix this textNear these walls are the remains of the
Fix this textAmphitheatre, pictured here. It con-
Fix this textsists of an arena, oval in shape, 184 feet
Fix this textlong and 136 i feet broad, but all that
Fix this textremains is the earthen bank, which rose
Fix this textto a maximum height of 28 feet above
Fix this textthe arena floor, about which were ranged
Fix this texttiers of timbered seats. Access to the
Fix this textseats was gained by eight vaulted en-
Fix this texttrances, two of which can be seen in the
Fix this textpicture. Here, as in other Roman
Fix this textAmphitheatres, was the scene of gladia-
Fix this texttorial combats, the baiting of animals and
Fix this textthe torture of prisoners.
Fix this textAmongst the numerous relics' found
Fix this textduring the excavations are Roman coins,
Fix this textpottery, inscriptions and a statuette of
Fix this textMercury, which are preserved in the
Fix this textLegionary Museum at Caerleon.
Fix this textCAERLEON, WALES, WHERE GLADIATORS STROVE IN ANCIENT DAYS
Fix this textCHATEAU
Fix this textA PRODUCT OF THE
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Fix this textHOUSE OF SEPPELT
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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