I recently read about a team of fifty archaeologists who are excavating what appears to be a military "storehouse" in a corner of an ancient Roman fortress in Caerleon, South East Wales. The archaeologists, led by Dr. Peter Guest of Cardiff University, believe that this might have supplied a Roman legion. "Our work is the first research excavation conducted on a military store in Britain,"states Dr. Guest. Caerleon is also an important Roman site. It was one of three permanent garrisons in Britain and was occupied by the second Augustan legion.
In 74 AD, Caerleon had already become the main administrative center for Roman armies in Wales. The Roman site included a bathhouse and and amphitheatre which could seat 6,000 people. It is hoped that the dig will provide valuable information about the provisioning of the Roman legion.
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