Caerleon Amphitheatre

Just outside Caerleon’s fortress wall stands the great amphitheatre, which could once could seat a whole Roman Legion — representing up to six thousand spectators!
Some say it has a link with King Arthur’s Britain. Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote his ‘History of the Kings of Britain’ around 1140, and this became the main source of all the later Arthurian legends — including the one which claims King Arthur held court at Caerleon for several years. Years after the Roman legion left, Caerleon would have been regarded as one of the wonders of Britain, with the amphitheatre representing a very impressive ruin — and some theorists have even said the remains could be a prototype Round Table.
Nowadays, the amphitheatre is occasionally used for open air events and re-​enactments. The site is an unstaffed, open site, so entry is free unless there’s a special event taking place, and there’s also free parking available nearby (in Broadway, off High Street).

Have you seen the Gladiator film? Then think back to it and imagine a smaller place within Wales, not far from Cardiff city, but it is not an easy route to get to by public transport, however it is still possible…
Also imagine just massive green and muddy land where a circualar shape of ground has been cut deep into the ground to create an Ampitheatre. Here is where they used Tigers, Bears, and Lions to fight men, making the men try to kill the animals or for the animals to try and kill the men.
So I’m sure such events during the Roman times would have been pretty historic at the time as much as if not it is more so historic in memory of the times and lives that exsisted within the centuries that the Romans did in Wales.
To me, it made me think of an open air theatre like the one in Cornwall, except there are no seats, only mounds ofdeep green ground. It is a pretty spectactualar sight to see and it is also free, I most certainly recommend it to all…
It is wheelchair accessable and children friendly. It is not far from the Roman Museum and the Roman Baths in Caerleon.