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The Origins of London

The Ancients

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The Colosseum and the Amphitheatres of Rome and London

The amphitheatre is nothing like the colosseum, but similarities it whast. Under gricola, this governor of of domisions, we've also got the construction of what looks to be several mills. Iman london reaches its peak in the early second century when a lot of the infa structure 's been developed. We get several big public bath houses, some of those perhaps being built under domission. But more specificl in terms of dating, we've got a lot of work going on on the walbrook river that flows through the middle of town,. with revetments being put in which looks to be canolizing the river. And again,

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