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Silchester - The Roman Town of Calleva

The Silchester Collection consists of a wealth of items from the Roman town of Calleva, near Silchester, in Hampshire. Most were found during the Society of Antiquaries' excavations which uncovered the area within the town walls between 1890 and 1909.
 
These things belonged to rich and poor, old and young and no project on life in Roman Britain is complete without reference to Calleva and its objects.
 

Calleva
The woodland town
Calleva by Alan Sorrell 'Silchester: from the East', by Alan Sorrell (Crown copyright)
object no.1975.37.1
Fascination
An enduring fascination
The collection
Selection of objects

Key items from the collection featured in the BBC2 Meet The Ancestors programme 'The Lost City of Roman Britain'
 
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