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[edit] Verlamion

Should Verlamion, the Iron Age settlement that preceded the Roman city, have its own article? At the moment 'Verlamion' redirects here. Legis 11:07, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

I think so, if enough information can be dug up about it. To be honest, I'd never heard of Verlamion, yet it appears to have been a major settlement in Britain at the time. An administrative place where (probably) coins were struck, and (according to Verulamium) one of the first pre-Roman places recorded by name. --A bit iffy 12:03, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

There's not enough on Verlamion to justify a separate article, and no need for such excessive subdivision. They're really no more than variant spellings for the same placename. I've proposed merging the two articles again. --Nicknack009 15:59, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

I agree that there is not much on Verlamion at the moment (what there is, I stuck down after visiting the museum in St Albans). But I think they are conceptually distinct - the Roman market town, and the iron age settlement that it was built on top of. My own view would be to leave them separate; the Verlamion article will become less stubby over time, and links a number other articles relating to iron age Britain at the time that are not related to the Roman site (contrast Special:Whatlinkshere/Verlamion with Special:Whatlinkshere/Verulamium). --Legis (talk - contribs) 11:25, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Verlamion was what the Romans called an Oppidum, i.e. a dispersed settlement surrounded by earthworks. It was a poly-focal settlement and extended over a much larger area than Veralamium. As Francis Pryor puts it in his book "Britain BC": By treating Verlamion as Veralamium were are treating chalk as cheese. Currently the Verlamion article may not be that big, but I expect it to be added to so as to make an article that will stand on its own. So I vote a big NO to a merge. --Dumbo1 22:48, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Archeology

Should this article link to Mortimer Wheeler as he excavated the Roman Theatre Wilmot1 20:20, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes.--A bit iffy 07:54, 24 February 2007 (UTC)