Workers have found the remains of London’s oldest Roman public building under an office at 85 Gracechurch Street. The building, called a basilica, was like a town hall where Romans made important decisions about running the city nearly 2,000 years ago. The stone walls they found are massive – extending more than 10 meters in length, 1 meter in width, and reaching depths of 4 meters. When it was first built around 80 AD, the building stood as tall as a two-and-a-half story building. “This is the heart of Roman London,” says Sophie Jackson from the Museum of London Archaeology. … Continue reading London’s First Roman Basilica Discovered Beneath Office Building