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Tony Wilmott, co-director of the Chester amphitheatre project will come to the home of another of Britain's great permanent Roman fortresses in Caerleon, for the National Roman Legion Museum's Annual Lecture on Wednesday, 23 September 2009 from 7 - 9pm.

Having excavated a significant part of the amphitheatre in Chester, Mr Wilmott who's a Senior Archaeologist at English Heritage's Centre for Archaeology, will explore how the remarkable structures were used and by who.

His talk will include the important Roman site in Caerleon, which is evocative of the people who lived in the area 2,000 years ago, animals and events that once filled it. First constructed around AD 90, the amphitheatre which was excavated by Mortimer and Tessa Wheeler in the 1920's and subsequently gifted to the nation by their sponsors the Daily Mail, remains the most completely excavated example from Roman Britain.

Please book tickets for the Annual Lecture, which will be held at the Caerleon Endowed Junior School, in advance by phoning 01633 423134. Tickets cost £3 each.

Entry to the Museum is free, thanks to the Welsh Assembly Government.

Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales operates seven national museums across Wales. These are National Museum Cardiff, St Fagans: National History Museum, National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon, Big Pit: National Coal Museum, Blaenafon, National Wool Museum, Dre-fach Felindre, National Slate Museum, Llanberis and the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

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For further information, please contact Catrin Mears, Communications Officer, National Roman Legion Museum on 029 2057 3185/07920 027067 or email catrin.mears@museumwales.ac.uk.