Caerleon Amphitheatre - Wolf Nipple Chips! Get 'em While They're Hot, They're Lovely!

Monty Python quotes aside, this is the location of a Roman legionary fortress or castra and the headquarters for Legio II Augusta from about 75 to 300 AD. That's Augustus' Second Legion to the likes of you and me. And where you have soldiers you need to have entertainment. Apparently, subduing the indigenous population just wasn't entertaining enough and their company clearly wasn't that good. Probably because they didn't want to be subdued. (The locals were revolting) Cinema hadn't been invented yet and so instead, in around 90 AD they built an Amphitheatre with seating for around 6,000 spectators. The word Amphitheatre isn't even roman but instead comes from the greek (amphi), meaning "on both sides" or "around" and (théātron), meaning "place for viewing". That's the trouble with the Romans. If it isn't nailed down, they would have it away.

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