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Caerleon Roman Amphitheatre

The Caerleon Roman Amphitheatre was constructed circa AD 90 to entertain the legionaries stationed at the fort of Caerleon (Isca Augusta), this impressive amphitheatre was the Roman equivalent of today’s multiplex cinema. Wooden benches provided seating for up to 6,000 spectators, who would gather to watch bloodthirsty displays featuring gladiatorial combat and exotic wild animals.

Long after the Romans left, the amphitheatre took on a new life in Arthurian legend. Geoffrey of Monmouth, the somewhat imaginative 12th-century scholar, wrote in his History of the Kings of Britain that Arthur was crowned in Caerleon and that the ruined amphitheatre was actually the remains of King Arthur’s Round Table.
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  • Caerleon Roman Fortress Amphitheatre, Caerleon, Newport, Wales - December 30, 2018

    Caerleon Roman Fortress Amphitheatre, Caerleon, Newport, Wales - December 30, 2018

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    Caerleon Roman Fortress Amphitheatre, Caerleon, Newport, Wales - December 30, 2018

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    Caerleon Roman Fortress Amphitheatre, Caerleon, Newport, Wales - December 30, 2018

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    Caerleon Roman Fortress Amphitheatre, Caerleon, Newport, Wales - December 30, 2018

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    Caerleon Roman Fortress Amphitheatre, Caerleon, Newport, Wales - December 30, 2018

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    Caerleon Roman Fortress Amphitheatre, Caerleon, Newport, Wales - December 30, 2018

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    Caerleon Roman Fortress Amphitheatre, Caerleon, Newport, Wales - December 30, 2018

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