Calleva Atrebatum
Calleva Atrebatum ("Calleva of the Atrebates") was an Iron Age oppidum, the capital of the Atrebates tribe. It then became a walled town in the Roman province of Britannia, at a major crossroads of the roads of southern Britain.
Site plan of Calleva Atrebatum, drawn before 1911 | |
Shown within Hampshire | |
| Alternative name | Silchester Roman Town |
|---|---|
| Location | Silchester, Hampshire, England |
| Region | Britannia |
| Coordinates | 51°21′26″N 1°4′57″W |
| Type | Settlement |
| Part of | Britannia, Britannia Superior, then Britannia Prima |
| Area | Approximately 40 ha (99 acres) |
| History | |
| Builder | Atrebates tribe |
| Founded | Late 1st century BC |
| Abandoned | 5th to 7th century AD |
| Periods | Iron Age to Roman Empire |
| Site notes | |
| Archaeologists | University of Reading and others |
| Management | English Heritage |
| Website | Silchester Roman City Walls and Amphitheatre |
| OS grid reference: SU639624 | |
The modern village of Silchester in Hampshire, England, is about a mile (1.6 km) to the west of the site. The village's parish church of St Mary the Virgin is just within the ancient walls. Most of the site lies within the modern civil parish of Silchester, although the amphitheatre is in the adjoining civil parish of Mortimer West End. The whole of the site is within the local authority district of Basingstoke and Deane and the county of Hampshire.
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