Portskewett The village lost its railway station (on the Newport to Gloucester line) when it was closed under the Beeching Axe in 1964. Black Rock, on the Severn estuary immediately south east of the village, has been an important crossing point of the River Severn for many centuries. Numerous coins found in the mud show that it was in constant use throughout the Roman period, on the route between Aquae Sulis (Bath) and Venta Silurum (Caerwent). By the 18th century, a regular ferry service crossed the Severn estuary from Black Rock to New Passage on the Bristol side, carrying passengers, cattle
Valeria, Spain (Roman City) Valeria, Spain (Roman City) Valeria was an important Roman city and one of the three major cities (with Segobriga and Ercavica) in the modern province of Cuenca. Its impressive ruins are located on an spectacular site near the modern town of Valeria (Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha). Valeria was founded on land conquered from the celtiberians, between 93 and 82 BC when Valerius Flaccus became proconsul of Hispania Citerior, since when it has preserved the name that refers to its founder. Valeria is located on a tongue of land between limestone gorges at an altitude of a 1000 metres. Excavation began in