Viroconium at Wroxeter was the fourth largest city in Roman Britain. Archaeological excavations reveal that shortly after the departure of the Romans, and while civilisation was collapsing elsewhere in Britain,Viroconium was rebuilt in a highly sophisticated fashion. On the site of the Roman baths complex, elaborate classical buildings surrounded a massive winged mansion. This remarkable 5th Century city may well have been the capital of Arthurian Britain, the Camelot of King Arthur himself. In the early 6th Century the city was abandoned, probably for a more
defensible site.The impressive Roman ruins are open to visitors and the museum houses finds from the town.