public baths

LEFT Overlooking the line of an east west early Roman street that was revealed on the former Shippam’s meat paste factory site in Chichester by Pre Construct Archaeology in 2006.

A festival of finds: celebrating Chichester’s Roman past

The people of Chichester – or Noviomagus Reginorum, as the settlement was known in the 1st century AD – have much to celebrate when it comes to their Roman heritage. Claire Walton and James Kenny explore the city’s Roman archaeology, and explain how it has served as both a platform for public engagement and the inspiration for an annual celebration of all things Roman.