3.7 Caerleon
You have seen the baths at Caerleon in Week 4’s Baths in the ancient world and earlier this week you looked at the reconstructed barracks in Training the Roman army. The legionary fortress for the Legio 2 Augusta, Caerleon, has yielded finds of cooking utensils and surgical tools but also further evidence of different aspects of health and healing; for example, animal bones which reveal the diet of the soldiers. The site now includes a Roman-inspired garden with a range of plants which the Romans believed had healing qualities.
Now watch Video 6 which, as this course approaches its end, brings together these different pieces of the jigsaw of sources from which you can learn about health.