🏛️ Venta Calleva
Romano-British town ruins near Silchester, Hampshire
📌 Fast Facts
- Roman settlement established circa 70 CE as the capital of the Atrebates tribe
- Located near present-day Silchester, Hampshire, England
- Largely excavated between 1864 and 1897; ongoing archaeological work
- Protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument and English Heritage site
Venta Calleva was a significant Romano-British urban settlement in what is now Hampshire, south-central England. Founded around 70 CE as a civitas (tribal capital) for the Atrebates people, it developed into a planned town with defensive walls, market buildings, temples, and residential quarters. The site preserves some of the most intact remains of a Roman-period British town, with substantial stretches of the original stone walls still visible above ground ...