Caerleon Roman Fortress and Baths

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Life was hard for a Roman legionary in first-century Wales. When he wasn’t cooped up in his barracks or being barked at by a centurion he was out risking his life in skirmishes with ancient Britons. But here in Isca, one of just three permanent legionary fortresses in Britain, there were compensations. He could always hang out with his friends at the fortress baths – or take a stroll to the amphitheatre to watch the gladiators.

Roedd bywyd yn galed i lengfilwr Rhufeinig yng Nghymru’r ganrif gyntaf. Pan na fyddai wedi’i gau yn ei farics neu’n goddef cyfarth canwriad, byddai allan yn mentro ei fywyd mewn ysgarmesau â Brythoniaid hynafol. Ond yma yn Isca, un o dair lleng-gaer barhaol yn unig ym Mhrydain, gwnaethpwyd iawn am hyn oll. Gallai’r llengfilwr bob amser dreulio amser gyda’i ffrindiau ym maddonau’r gaer – neu fynd am dro i’r amffitheatr i wylio’r gladiatoriaid.

* From Newport you can take the bus: Route Nos. 27, 28, 28B Newport - Caerleon.