Cirencester (Corinium Dubonnorum) – Quick Facts

Where

Cirencester, Gloucestershire Map & Website

When

• Began as a fort in AD 49 until AD 70 when the fort was closed.
• Site of an important town that grew to be the second largest Roman town in Britannia after Londinium. It size was 240 acres.
• Corinium was home to 2 schools of mosaic masters who created mosaics for the many wealthy villas in the region.

What Remains

• The shell of its amphitheatre, a grassy hollow.

Corinium Roman Museum

• Orpheus Mosaic
• Hunting Dog Mosaic
• Hare Mosaic
• Bronze Cockerel
• Calvary tombstones
• Jupiter Column Corinthian Capital