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Walk Chester in AD 100

AI rebuilds Deva Victrix (Chester) street by street, and you walk through it in your browser.

Historic Places, Rebuilt · City walk

Deva Victrix, 100

This is Deva Victrix at the height of its life as a legionary fortress and the administrative heart of the Twentieth Legion. The walk follows the fortress ramparts, the principia at the crossing of the main streets, long barrack-rows and granaries, the vast amphitheatre outside the walls, and the working quays on the River Dee where seagoing ships tie up.

35 scenes — 23 streets, squares and views, 12 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Chester as it stood in AD 100 (“Deva Victrix”).

The route, scene by scene

  1. 1. River Dee Bend View
  2. 2. Racecourse Harbour Shore
  3. 3. South Gate
  4. 4. Principia Crossing
  5. ↳ Principia Cross-Hall · interior
  6. ↳ Principia Strongroom · interior
  7. 5. Cardo Maximus
  8. ↳ Cardo Merchant's Shop · interior
  9. 6. Decumanus Maximus
  10. ↳ Baker's Oven Hall · interior
  11. 7. Principia Forecourt
  12. 8. Elliptical Building
  13. ↳ Unfinished Oval Hall · interior
  14. 9. Barrack Rows
  15. ↳ Barrack Dormitory · interior
  16. 10. Horrea Granaries
  17. ↳ Granary Store Chamber · interior
  18. 11. Parade Ground
  19. 12. Legionary Baths Exterior
  20. ↳ Legionary Caldarium · interior
  21. 13. Baths Palaestra
  22. ↳ Palaestra Exercise Hall · interior
  23. 14. Amphitheatre Approach
  24. 15. Amphitheatre Exterior
  25. ↳ Amphitheatre Undercroft · interior
  26. 16. Canabae East Street
  27. 17. Mansio House
  28. 18. Handbridge Quarry Shrine
  29. ↳ Minerva Rock Niche · interior
  30. 19. Boughton Springs Intake
  31. 20. Fortress Quays
  32. ↳ Quayside Warehouse · interior
  33. 21. West Gate and Bridge
  34. 22. North Gate
  35. 23. Rampart Tower Vantage