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Chedworth Roman Villa is located near Chedworth, Gloucestershire, England [1] and is a scheduled monument. [2] It is one of the largest and most elaborate Roman villas so far discovered in Britain and one with the latest occupation beyond the Roman period. The villa was built in phases from the early 2nd century to the 5th century, with the 4th ...
English: Channel hypocaust, Chedworth Roman Villa. The other type of hypocaust (Cf. Pillar) to be found at Chedworth. In this variety the hot air wafts down channels under the floor. This photo also shows some of the mosaic tiles. (Cf. Pillar Hypocaust 154265 More mosaic 154259)
Chedworth is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, southwest England, in the Cotswolds. It is known as the location of Chedworth Roman Villa , administered since 1924 by the National Trust .
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Laconicum at Chedworth Roman Villa, England. The laconicum (i.e. Spartan, sc. balneum, "bath") [1] was the dry sweating room of the Roman thermae, sometimes contiguous to the caldarium or hot room. The name was given to it (Laconia: Sparta) since it was the only form of warm bath that the Spartans admitted.
A Roman villa was typically a farmhouse or country house in the territory of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, sometimes reaching extravagant proportions. Nevertheless, the term "Roman villa" generally covers buildings with the common features of being extra-urban (i.e. located outside urban settlements, unlike the domus which was inside ...
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