2-649-702 - Historic England/Heritage Images

Wroxeter Roman City, c2nd century, (c1990-2010). Reconstruction drawing of street scene outside market hall (macellum) with the Forum opposite. Around the year 88, the military abandoned the fortress and it was taken over by the Cornovians' civilian settlement. It prospered over the next century, with many public buildings, including thermae and a colonnaded forum. At its peak, it is thought to have been the 4th-largest settlement in Roman Britain, with a population of more than 15?000