I studied and lived on the Caerleon Campus from 1997-2000. Miss the tranquility of Caerleon's little town. I spent three years there as a student, Too many of my memories in Caerleon, still fresh in the memory of the Spar grocery store owned by a Chinese from Malaysia. Always strolling around the Roman Amphitheater, once chased by a dog there, very funny.😆 And most I will never forget me and my friends once walked from Caerleon Campus to Newport city, lol. Given the opportunity I would like to once again repeat my life on Caerleon earth. Miss the Usk river. I will never forget this town of Caerleon forever. Has lived and studied in Caerleon from 1997-2000. Caerleon-Newport-Allt-Yr-Yn my daily route at the time. Love from Malaysia 🇲🇾🏴.
I'm really glad that we can help to bring back such fond memories. 😀 Caerleon seemed a lovely place for the brief time that we spent there. It is certainly in a part of the world that we love spending time in. Perhaps you will have the chance to visit it again someday.
Other than the noise of the nearby school it is surprisingly peaceful. It is a very impressive structure though and you do get some sense of the history that played out there.
Well done to both, you've done a great job with this video! The amphitheatre has actually been used to host events in recent years, including but not limited to ancient Roman reenactments and also a live Monty Python & The Holy Grail show in 2012. I had to mention it after your own Python references! I actually interviewed someone for an unrelated job who was a volunteer Legionary at the reenactments there every year, all whilst sitting in a my employer's Roman-themed office room known as "Isca". It was an interesting occurrence!
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it. We would love to have seen the Monty Python show. We are very fond of the films. I would like to imagine that the chap who was the Legionary came for his interview in full costume and that you conducted it in Latin. This would be very pleasing. Did he get the job?
@@MostlyCastles I wish I could say it was a successful interview and it was all conducted in Roman costume and Latin, but I'd be lying which is a shame. I'm off to learn some Latin for next time.
That was because I published the wrong film. They are both Roman sites and I had a lousy nights sleep and got confused. I have made this video unlisted but I'm guessing you got the notification. I hope you enjoyed them both though.
@@MostlyCastles I'm the only person to have seen it?! I'm not sure if I should feel honored or concerned about having this inside information. Like, will you have to have me assassinated for having seen too much?
Don't worry Jason. We know that if you told anybody they would never believe you. It's the same with aliens, bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster and the Beast of Bodmin. I would be inclined to keep shtum or people will think you are a bit odd. 🤪
You are not far away with King Arthur,who crowned King Arthur? Saint Dubricius who was the British Welsh Saint Dyfrig , and where was his church,Caerleon , King Arthwyr ‘Arthur ‘ was the king of Glamorgan and Gwent
@@MostlyCastles you clearly are not aware of the copious works of Barrett and Wilson and their rediscovery that Arthur was King of Gwent and Glamorgan and was crowned at Caerleon by Dubricius, Welsh name St Dyfrig, who is buried at Llandaff Cathedral alongside King Meurig, who was Arthur’s father. The Llandaff Cathedral Charters name Arthur as both Arthur and Arthrwys and other members of his family due to their land grants to the church. Llandaff had a bishop before London and before York. Arthur’s grandfather was King Tewdric of Gwent, one of the very first Catholic saints, buried at Mathern Church, near Chepstow. Mathern is named after him. In Welsh the word Teyrn meant ruler or king, hence Dyma Teyrn, here is the ruler, or king, hence Mathern. Tintern is also named after Tewdric, from Din Teyrn, hill of the king (Tewdric renounced the kingship when elderly for his son Meurig, and went to live as a hermit at Tintern). Tewrdric came out of hermitage to help Meurig defeat the Saxons at Tintern. You can still find the battle site on the map as Pontysaeson, or Bridge of the Saxons. All of this is fact. Unfortunately, English and French romance writers succeeded in turning Arthur into a Literary myth, so much so that people now regard him as a legendary figure rather than a proveable Welsh King of the late 500s. And places like Tintagel have tried to cash in on the myth by claiming Arthur as their own when their only link is a very fanciful part of Geoffrey of Monmouths History of the Kings of Britain. Many historians accept that the only part of Geoffrey’s work that rings true is when he describes Arthur’s coronation revels at Caerleon. The field where the amphitheatre stands was known for centuries as King Arthur’s Mead or meadow and the amphitheatre as King Arthur’s Round Table. Some have speculated that in the late 500s Caerleon would still have been a substantial town and Arthur could well have used the amphitheatre as a large gathering place for his followers. Some people griped that Geoffrey’s description of Arthur’s coronation revels could not be accurate, as there was no port at Caerleon, which he described. Lo and behold, about ten years ago archaeologists from Cardiff Uni discovered not only the port but huge palatial buildings nearby. These remain to be the subject of proper excavation. Seems Geoffrey was right after all.
I studied and lived on the Caerleon Campus from 1997-2000. Miss the tranquility of Caerleon's little town. I spent three years there as a student, Too many of my memories in Caerleon, still fresh in the memory of the Spar grocery store owned by a Chinese from Malaysia. Always strolling around the Roman Amphitheater, once chased by a dog there, very funny.😆 And most I will never forget me and my friends once walked from Caerleon Campus to Newport city, lol. Given the opportunity I would like to once again repeat my life on Caerleon earth. Miss the Usk river. I will never forget this town of Caerleon forever. Has lived and studied in Caerleon from 1997-2000. Caerleon-Newport-Allt-Yr-Yn my daily route at the time. Love from Malaysia 🇲🇾🏴.
I'm really glad that we can help to bring back such fond memories. 😀 Caerleon seemed a lovely place for the brief time that we spent there. It is certainly in a part of the world that we love spending time in. Perhaps you will have the chance to visit it again someday.
This is insane, people have died in that center ring. It must feel captivating walking through and around.
Other than the noise of the nearby school it is surprisingly peaceful. It is a very impressive structure though and you do get some sense of the history that played out there.
Well done to both, you've done a great job with this video!
The amphitheatre has actually been used to host events in recent years, including but not limited to ancient Roman reenactments and also a live Monty Python & The Holy Grail show in 2012.
I had to mention it after your own Python references!
I actually interviewed someone for an unrelated job who was a volunteer Legionary at the reenactments there every year, all whilst sitting in a my employer's Roman-themed office room known as "Isca". It was an interesting occurrence!
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.
We would love to have seen the Monty Python show. We are very fond of the films.
I would like to imagine that the chap who was the Legionary came for his interview in full costume and that you conducted it in Latin. This would be very pleasing. Did he get the job?
@@MostlyCastles I wish I could say it was a successful interview and it was all conducted in Roman costume and Latin, but I'd be lying which is a shame.
I'm off to learn some Latin for next time.
Romanes eunt domus, People called Romanis, they go the house. 😀
Two vids in one day? You two are mad!
That was because I published the wrong film. They are both Roman sites and I had a lousy nights sleep and got confused. I have made this video unlisted but I'm guessing you got the notification. I hope you enjoyed them both though.
@@MostlyCastles I'm the only person to have seen it?! I'm not sure if I should feel honored or concerned about having this inside information. Like, will you have to have me assassinated for having seen too much?
Don't worry Jason. We know that if you told anybody they would never believe you. It's the same with aliens, bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster and the Beast of Bodmin. I would be inclined to keep shtum or people will think you are a bit odd. 🤪
You are not far away with King Arthur,who crowned King Arthur? Saint Dubricius who was the British Welsh Saint Dyfrig , and where was his church,Caerleon , King Arthwyr ‘Arthur ‘ was the king of Glamorgan and Gwent
It's difficult not to be dubious of someone called Dubricius especially when you throw in a bit of Arthurian legend. 😀
@@MostlyCastles you clearly are not aware of the copious works of Barrett and Wilson and their rediscovery that Arthur was King of Gwent and Glamorgan and was crowned at Caerleon by Dubricius, Welsh name St Dyfrig, who is buried at Llandaff Cathedral alongside King Meurig, who was Arthur’s father. The Llandaff Cathedral Charters name Arthur as both Arthur and Arthrwys and other members of his family due to their land grants to the church. Llandaff had a bishop before London and before York. Arthur’s grandfather was King Tewdric of Gwent, one of the very first Catholic saints, buried at Mathern Church, near Chepstow. Mathern is named after him. In Welsh the word Teyrn meant ruler or king, hence Dyma Teyrn, here is the ruler, or king, hence Mathern. Tintern is also named after Tewdric, from Din Teyrn, hill of the king (Tewdric renounced the kingship when elderly for his son Meurig, and went to live as a hermit at Tintern). Tewrdric came out of hermitage to help Meurig defeat the Saxons at Tintern. You can still find the battle site on the map as Pontysaeson, or Bridge of the Saxons. All of this is fact. Unfortunately, English and French romance writers succeeded in turning Arthur into a Literary myth, so much so that people now regard him as a legendary figure rather than a proveable Welsh King of the late 500s. And places like Tintagel have tried to cash in on the myth by claiming Arthur as their own when their only link is a very fanciful part of Geoffrey of Monmouths History of the Kings of Britain. Many historians accept that the only part of Geoffrey’s work that rings true is when he describes Arthur’s coronation revels at Caerleon. The field where the amphitheatre stands was known for centuries as King Arthur’s Mead or meadow and the amphitheatre as King Arthur’s Round Table. Some have speculated that in the late 500s Caerleon would still have been a substantial town and Arthur could well have used the amphitheatre as a large gathering place for his followers. Some people griped that Geoffrey’s description of Arthur’s coronation revels could not be accurate, as there was no port at Caerleon, which he described. Lo and behold, about ten years ago archaeologists from Cardiff Uni discovered not only the port but huge palatial buildings nearby. These remain to be the subject of proper excavation. Seems Geoffrey was right after all.