Feb 12, 2025 · The wall is 2,000 years old and was part of Roman London's first basilica . Rebecca Morelle . Science Editor @BBCMorelle. Alison Francis. Senior Science Journalist. Published. 12 February 2025.

3 days ago · Archaeologists from the Museum of London have discovered a well-preserved part of the ancient city of London’s first Roman basilica underneath the basement of an office block. The basilica was ...

3 days ago · An ancient Roman basilica has been discovered below London's financial district The basilica, dating back some 1,900 years, was found during excavations that took place as part of the demolition ...

3 days ago · Archaeologists in London have uncovered a section of Roman masonry that belongs to a nearly 2,000-year-old town hall, in what historians say is one of the most significant discoveries in the British capital since an ancient amphitheater was unearthed in the 1980s. ... Jackson says the Roman building known as a basilica was a crucial component ...

Originally built in AD70 and then expended in AD90 – 120, London’s Roman basilica was a building unlike any other in Britain. Occupying nearly 2 hectares of land and standing at a height of up to 3 storeys high, this building was larger than the present day St Paul’s Cathedral!

Feb 14, 2025 · The Roman-era basilica, built in around 80 C.E., was part of London’s forum, a commercial, political and social hub where members of the public gathered and made important decisions about their ...

Feb 14, 2025 · The basilica was part of London’s Roman forum, or public square, and was “effectively the first town hall,” said Sophie Jackson, a director at the Museum of London Archaeology.

Feb 13, 2025 · The basilica was part of the forum, the social, political and commercial heart of Roman London, or Londinium, as it was called, where people went to shop, mingle, seek justice and hear the latest ...

Feb 14, 2025 · The basilica, whose newly excavated foundations and walls were found in the basement of a commercial building in London, was the first of its kind in Roman Britain.

Feb 14, 2025 · The excavated remains in London consist of the Kentish limestone foundations of a massive two-story Roman basilica, where officials would have made key political and legal decisions.