Where did the Romans settle and how far away is it from Wetherby?
The Romans settled in York, Chester, St. Albans, Bath, Lincoln, Gloucester and Colchester. York is 16.5 miles away from Wetherby (which is 40 minutes in a car).
We know because there were excavations near Wattle Syke and the south of the town has also found evidence of significant Roman-period settlement. Additionally, Roman coins were found beneath the car park of the New Inn!
They did invent underfloor heating, concrete and the calendar. The concrete is the most important because they made 55,000 roads out of the 1000's of concrete.
The Romans primarily ate cereals and legumes, usually with sides of vegetables, cheese, or meat and covered with sauces made out of fermented fish, vinegar, honey, and various herbs and spices.
The Eternal City celebrates its 2,776th birthday on 21 April 2023. The Roman civilisation lasted about 1,000 years, from 753 BCE to 476 CE, with its impacts still apparent today.
The Romans fell because of corruption, the division of the empire and invasion by Germanic tribes.
The Romans sometimes used powdered mouse brains as toothpaste!
Romans also participated in a variety of sporting activities involving balls, including handball, soccer, field hockey, catch games, and perhaps even dodge ball.
Latin and Greek were the dominant languages of the Roman Empire.
At Dalton Parlours, not far from Wetherby, there was a working Roman Villa discovered. Amongst the villa there were a number of artefacts discovered, including: a clay funnel used to make forged coins, fragment of painted plaster from Dalton Parlours roman villa and a fragment of mosaic found at Dalton Parlours.