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The Ancient World in London - Londinium & London Wall
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Addison Lee is proud to sponsor the Ancient World in London series.
What were the English that they should make a mock of foreigners? They are the
most mongrel race that ever lived upon the face of the earth.
There is no such thing as a true-born Englishman.
London has always been explored – it's thanks to these
great explorers that it is what it is today.
After much deliberation, we managed to pick out our top five ever London explorers!
Five!
Pytheas. 4th Century BC Greek explorer who first ever mapped Britain.
Four!
Julius Caesar – He came, he saw, he didn't quite
conquer but he paved the way for Roman London.
Three!
Emperor Claudius – Finally succeeded where Caesar failed in
creating the Roman London we see today.
Two!
William the Conqueror – a great Norman king who
fought his bloody way to the capital.
One!
Me! And taking me on my adventure today is Ian Smith.
I've always been interested in history. Coming down from Liverpool in
1969 to London, and thinking “What a fantastic city!”
Why have you bought us here today?
The Thames really defines London. We can't see them today because they're
all underground, but the rivers that flowed into the Thames.
And those really defined the geography and topography of London that defined the shape that
we live in today. The city only developed after the Roman invasion of AD43.
The Romans set up their establishment at London Bridge, just further down
here. London Bridge was narrow enough to build a bridge on,
but still tidal so boats could come in and trade could be; goods could be
offloaded from the boats and then they could float out on the tides.
If you go on over to this gravel over here and just sift
around for half an hour, you'll find bits of Roman pottery,
you'll find clay pipes, you'll find animal bones
that have been eaten and thrown away.
The Bronze age before the Romans came, a lot of the sacrifices were
made to the Gods. So they found swords, the famous Battersea Shield,
that were thrown into the Thames, very much like
a modern wishing well that we still do.
Where are you going to take us next, Ian?
We're going to go up to Tower Hill.
Lets go then!
We're now here at London Wall. Why have you bought us here?
This was the Eastern part of the city and as you
can see it goes up to a very great height.
This particular wall was built about AD200 but there was an earthwork
roundpart even in AD43 when the Romans first settled here.
Why did they actually build the London Wall?
In the early days they were under threat from the Britons, and in fact
the threat turned out with Boudicca when she rose in East Anglia
In the early days they were under threat from the Britons, and in fact
the threat turned out with Boudicca when she rose in East Anglia
and bought the Iceni and Tribanati tribes down here, and came through London.
How long would it have taken to build this wall around London?
They would have had thousands of people working on this – they
were great builders. And the soldiers were also labourers, engineers, architects.
So this would only take a couple of months to put this together.
Are there anymore interesting facts I should know about this site?
Well this is a pretty bloody site, actually.
I mean, apart from Druids doing human sacrifices on this site and Romans coming through
and probably battling still with the Ancient Britons as they established the city here.
Boudica came through here and killed everybody in this area.
And from 1300 to about 1700, this was the site of public executions.
So thousands of people would come and watch people kill probably
a hundred to two hundred people executed on this site.
So that's pretty terrifying stuff there – I kinda want to
get out of here. Where we going to go next?
We're going to go up Cornhill now, which is where
the Roman Basilica and forum were laid out.
But this is not the end of Ian and Nicole's adventure. Join
us next time to see where the taxi takes them!
