Verulamium Approaches Urban Peak
By the middle of the second century Verulamium was an important urban centre with established public facilities and residential neighbourhoods.
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Antoninus Pius Biography and Timeline
Follow Antoninus Pius through 3 dated historical records for Roman Empire.
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Major Fire Destroys Urban Districts
A disastrous fire around AD 155 damaged at least fifty two acres of Verulamium, triggering extensive reconstruction in the following decades.
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Masonry Replaces Burned Structures
Rebuilding after the mid second century fire increasingly employed stone construction in place of earlier timber buildings.
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