THE foremost expert on Roman Winchester Prof Martin Biddle has called for full archaeological excavations in part of the Silver Hill area. The city council is currently not planning such work, saying initial work has not revealed anything “exciting.” Prof Biddle writes: Was there a Roman amphitheatre in Winchester? Almost certainly ‘yes’ but we don’t know where it was. In the Winchester Excavation Committee’s 1,000-page, two-volume book on Roman Winchester, we record over 120 sites inside the ancient walls where Roman remains have been found, but there’s not a trace of the curved walls which would be the sign of a Roman amphitheatre.