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Roman ruins, Viroconium Cornoviorum (Wroxeter)

* Photo by Francis Bedford (1859)

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Francis Bedford, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Roman Box Flue Decorated Tiles, The British Museum, London

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Remains of a Roman heathing system. Aquincum, Budapest

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Today’s Flickr photo with the most hits - this view of the hypocaust in the Roman baths of Sbeitla, Tunisia. The other shots show the stoke hole for the furnace heating system, and the mosaic pavement above.

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Littlecote Roman Villa

These ruins are in a better state than most of our roads.The Romans were ahead of their time. -TommyC.

This site has the best Roman mosaic (the Orpheus mosaic) I’ve ever had the pleasure of seeing! The Roman villa began its life as a military establishment, just a short period of time later the military buildings were replaced with agricultural buildings, namely farming huts around 70AD. From then on the site was redeveloped several times and around 360AD the site become entrenched with religious use. During this period a triconch hall was built with its own bath suite, the remnants of its hypocaust are still visible today. -RoxyB.

Cost: Free entry

Opening hours: Any time during reasonable daylight hours.

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How Roman 'hot rooms' were heated. Roman houses with a hypocaust system had a furnace that would heat the air. The floor was raised above the ground by pillars that were called pilae, so that hot air could circulate under it. The floor consisted of a layer of titles, followed by a layer of concrete, then another layer of tiles. There were also tile or clay flues under the walls which circulated the hot air to the floor and walls of the rooms above to finally escape from the roof. The walls had ceramic tiles in them in order to maintain the heat. Text source: www.romae-vitam.com