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Answer
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Modern name for Chester
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Deva
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Number of permanent legionary fortresses in Britain
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3
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River built on
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Dee
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Latin name for the headquarters
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Latin name for the living quarters of the commanding officer
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Praetorium
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Latin name for the hospital
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Valetudinarium
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Latin name for the granaries
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Horrea
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Latin word for 'outside the walls'
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Extramural
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Great hall
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Basilica
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Most sacred place in fortress
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Sacellum
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Animal the Aquila looked like
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Eagle
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Material of the Aquila
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Gold
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What was grasped in the Aquila's talons?
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Darts
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Name of the soldier who looked after the Aquila and carried it into battle
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Aquilifer
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Where pay and savings were locked
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Strong room
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Legion based at Deva
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Legio XX
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How many people the barracks accommodated
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Eight
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The two purposes of the barracks
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Sleeping and mess
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What did the valetudinarium have?
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Running water
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Evidence for trade in the Roman Empire
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Harbour
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Latin name for the armouries
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Armementaria
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Two purposes of the baths
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Hygiene and social
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Latin name for entrance to the baths
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Vestibulum
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Latin name for strigiling room
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Tepidarium
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Latin name for where clothes were stored
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Apodyterium
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Latin name for large, cold pool
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Frigidarium
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Latin name for the hottest room (with a plunge pool)
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Caladarium
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Latin name for the sweating room
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Sudarium
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Latin name for the open air garden
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Palaestra
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How many litres of water the baths used daily
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850000
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How many spectators the amphitheatre could fit
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8000
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Latin name for small civilian settlement outside a Roman fort
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Vicus
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How many million litres of water was used daily at the camp
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2.4
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Where Aquae Sulis was
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Bath
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What valley Aquae Sulis was in
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River Avon
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How many residents lived in the area
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3000
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Largest bathing complex west of...
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Rome
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What religiously important thing did Aquae Sulis have?
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Plunge pool
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What was used to line the Great Bath?
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Lead
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Where did the water from the spring originate from?
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Mendip Hills
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Where was the hottest water found?
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Close to the spring
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How deep was the Great Bath? (Metres)
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1.6
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How many sheets of lead did the Great Bath have?
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45
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How was water mainly heated?
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Hot spring
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How else was the water heated?
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Hypocaust
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How many million litres of water came from the spring daily?
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1.17
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What were the pans for holy water inscribed with?
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DSM
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What did this mean?
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Deae Sulis-Minerva
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Latin name for curse tablets
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Defixiones
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How many curse tablets found at Aquae Sulis
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130
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Tribe occupying surrounding area
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Dobunni
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What was Sulis the Celtic goddess of?
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Healing
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Where was it the centre of religion?
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South Britain
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Where was the temple built?
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Courtyard
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Style of the temple
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Classical
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Soothsayer who studied the entrails of sacrificed animals to interpret the omens
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Haruspex
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What predates the palace itself? (Fishbourne)
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Wooden structure
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What was the North Wing intended for?
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Special guests
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How do we know what plants were grown there?
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Pollen traces
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What provided light in the North Wing?
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Charcoal braziers
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Likely owner of Fishbourne
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Cogidubnus
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Latin name for Chichester
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Noviogamus
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What were the Celts particularly skilled at?
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Metalwork
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Where most Roman villas are located in Britain
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South and South-East
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How did people become rich?
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Trade with the Romans
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Any Roman style house was a...
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Villa
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One of the largest Roman villas in Britain
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Chedworth Roman Villa
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What its wings are linked by
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Portico hallway
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Main source of sweetness in a Roman diet
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Honey
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Who ran farms?
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Bailiff
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Who were imported from Rome?
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Skilled workers
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What kind of roads did the Romans build?
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Straight
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How many miles of road have been uncovered in Britain?
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Over 8000
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How would they keep roads straight?
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Groma
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How did they see over hills?
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Smoke
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Used to measure distance
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Odometer
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Land surveyors who used advanced tools to find the route of the road
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Agrimensores
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Land levellers
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Liberatores
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Quality measurers
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Mensores
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Mainly, who was tasked with road building?
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Soldiers
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Dug up ground that acts as a foundation for the rest of the road
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Agger
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Concrete made of ________ (volcanic ash)
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Pozzolana
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Top layer
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Stones
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Top layer could also be
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Metalled
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Height of the agger (range, centimetres)
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120-150
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When could the roads be used?
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Year round
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They were raised in the middle ( _______ ) to allow water to run off
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Cambered
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Width of main roads (range, metres)
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5-8
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How far could you get by foot in a day? Miles
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20
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How far could you get by carriage in a day? Miles
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25-30
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Latin name for imperial post
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Cursus publicus
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Riders for imperial post
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Cavalrymen
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How far could the imperial post travel in a day? Miles
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50
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How often were mutations found? (Every _____ miles)
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4
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How often were mansiones found? (Every _____ miles)
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12
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