Chedworth: Life in a Roman Villa

Chedworth: Life in a Roman Villa
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Publisher : The History Press
Total Pages : 329
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ISBN-10 : 9780752492803
ISBN-13 : 0752492802
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Book Synopsis Chedworth: Life in a Roman Villa by : Simon Esmonde Cleary

Download or read book Chedworth: Life in a Roman Villa written by Simon Esmonde Cleary and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chedworth is one of the few Roman villas in Britain whose remains are open to the public, and this book seeks to explain what these remains mean. The fourth century in Britain was a 'golden age' and at the time the Cotswolds were the richest area of Roman Britain. The wealthy owners of a villa such as Chedworth felt themselves part of an imperial Roman aristocracy. This is expressed at the villa in the layout of the buildings, rooms for receiving guests and for grand dining, the provision of baths, and the use of mosaics. The villa would also have housed the wife, family and household of the owner and been the centre of an agricultural estate. In the nineteenth century Chedworth was rediscovered, and part of the villa's tale is the way in which it was viewed by a nineteenth-century Cotswold landowner, Lord Eldon, and then its current owners, the National Trust. Now, in this remarkable and beautifully illustrated volume, Chedworth's story is told in full.


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