@romanbritain.bsky.social
"The Britons live in such a state of independence
that they do not obey
even their own chiefs
except by their own good pleasure."
Cassius Dio
#Archaeology #History of #RomanBritain
that they do not obey
even their own chiefs
except by their own good pleasure."
Cassius Dio
#Archaeology #History of #RomanBritain
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Aldborough - Isurium Brigantum.
The town was established sometime after 74 A.D when the #Romans established themselves in Northern #Britain, following an uprising by the #Brigantes tribe.
Section of walls remain and #mosaics.
#Romanbritain #ancientbluesky
#Archaeology #History
#Towns
The town was established sometime after 74 A.D when the #Romans established themselves in Northern #Britain, following an uprising by the #Brigantes tribe.
Section of walls remain and #mosaics.
#Romanbritain #ancientbluesky
#Archaeology #History
#Towns
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ROMAN WALL BLUES
“Over the heather the wet wind blows,
I’ve lice in my tunic and a cold in my nose.
The rain comes pattering out of the sky,
I’m a Wall soldier, I don’t know why.”
W. H. Auden.
#PlaymobilInfestation
#HadriansWall
“Over the heather the wet wind blows,
I’ve lice in my tunic and a cold in my nose.
The rain comes pattering out of the sky,
I’m a Wall soldier, I don’t know why.”
W. H. Auden.
#PlaymobilInfestation
#HadriansWall
November 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
ROMAN WALL BLUES
“Over the heather the wet wind blows,
I’ve lice in my tunic and a cold in my nose.
The rain comes pattering out of the sky,
I’m a Wall soldier, I don’t know why.”
W. H. Auden.
#PlaymobilInfestation
#HadriansWall
“Over the heather the wet wind blows,
I’ve lice in my tunic and a cold in my nose.
The rain comes pattering out of the sky,
I’m a Wall soldier, I don’t know why.”
W. H. Auden.
#PlaymobilInfestation
#HadriansWall
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@romanpalace.bsky.social During a clear out we found a booklet about Fishbourne published by the Sunday Times. Doesn't have a date but my guess would be early to mid 70s. It's a bit grubby and musty smelling. Might you want it anyway?
November 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
@romanpalace.bsky.social During a clear out we found a booklet about Fishbourne published by the Sunday Times. Doesn't have a date but my guess would be early to mid 70s. It's a bit grubby and musty smelling. Might you want it anyway?
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#WorldToiletDay🚽
Isca: Near the barack buildings were communal toilets, and at one end of the complex you can see the remains of a bread oven.
You can also see remains of the fortress walls, a gate and corner turret, cookhouses, and latrine drains.
#RomanBritain #Wales #Isca #Caerleon
Isca: Near the barack buildings were communal toilets, and at one end of the complex you can see the remains of a bread oven.
You can also see remains of the fortress walls, a gate and corner turret, cookhouses, and latrine drains.
#RomanBritain #Wales #Isca #Caerleon
November 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
#WorldToiletDay🚽
Isca: Near the barack buildings were communal toilets, and at one end of the complex you can see the remains of a bread oven.
You can also see remains of the fortress walls, a gate and corner turret, cookhouses, and latrine drains.
#RomanBritain #Wales #Isca #Caerleon
Isca: Near the barack buildings were communal toilets, and at one end of the complex you can see the remains of a bread oven.
You can also see remains of the fortress walls, a gate and corner turret, cookhouses, and latrine drains.
#RomanBritain #Wales #Isca #Caerleon
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We are very pleased to announce the publication of Matthew Fittock's Fragile Gods: Pipeclay figurines and related objects in Roman Britain! 🏺
This book provides the first comprehensive catalogue and analysis of the nearly 1000 published and unpublished pipeclay objects now known from Britannia.
This book provides the first comprehensive catalogue and analysis of the nearly 1000 published and unpublished pipeclay objects now known from Britannia.
November 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
We are very pleased to announce the publication of Matthew Fittock's Fragile Gods: Pipeclay figurines and related objects in Roman Britain! 🏺
This book provides the first comprehensive catalogue and analysis of the nearly 1000 published and unpublished pipeclay objects now known from Britannia.
This book provides the first comprehensive catalogue and analysis of the nearly 1000 published and unpublished pipeclay objects now known from Britannia.
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It is not only metal treasures that need to be bought to nation. In 2021 £150,000 was raised to buy a 1,600-year-old floor panel showing a leopard attacking an antelope that was unearthed in Dewlish, Dorset, in 1974. #MosaicMonday
November 17, 2025 at 5:53 AM
It is not only metal treasures that need to be bought to nation. In 2021 £150,000 was raised to buy a 1,600-year-old floor panel showing a leopard attacking an antelope that was unearthed in Dewlish, Dorset, in 1974. #MosaicMonday
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Everyone’s favourite - the ‘Wolf and Twins’ mosaic from Roman Aldborough (Isurium Brigantum) depicting the legend of Romulus and Remus. Dating to the 4th century AD, the mosaic is now part of the collections at Leeds City Museum. 📷 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain
November 17, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Everyone’s favourite - the ‘Wolf and Twins’ mosaic from Roman Aldborough (Isurium Brigantum) depicting the legend of Romulus and Remus. Dating to the 4th century AD, the mosaic is now part of the collections at Leeds City Museum. 📷 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain
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#MosaicMonday
A new mosaic discovered just a few months ago, down the road from where my partner's sister lives.
It came to light as part of a housing development in Newnham, Glos.
But there's no intention to clear and record it fully, which is a crying shame! Details in Alt text.
#RomanBritain
A new mosaic discovered just a few months ago, down the road from where my partner's sister lives.
It came to light as part of a housing development in Newnham, Glos.
But there's no intention to clear and record it fully, which is a crying shame! Details in Alt text.
#RomanBritain
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
#MosaicMonday
A new mosaic discovered just a few months ago, down the road from where my partner's sister lives.
It came to light as part of a housing development in Newnham, Glos.
But there's no intention to clear and record it fully, which is a crying shame! Details in Alt text.
#RomanBritain
A new mosaic discovered just a few months ago, down the road from where my partner's sister lives.
It came to light as part of a housing development in Newnham, Glos.
But there's no intention to clear and record it fully, which is a crying shame! Details in Alt text.
#RomanBritain
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"I've never sold a single item & I've found thousands of coins."
'he keeps his finds carefully arranged in a display cabinet at his home.'
...that's just one #detectorist.
Multiply that by perhaps 40,000 people - that's an awful lot of artefacts.
#Archaeology 🏺
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'he keeps his finds carefully arranged in a display cabinet at his home.'
...that's just one #detectorist.
Multiply that by perhaps 40,000 people - that's an awful lot of artefacts.
#Archaeology 🏺
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The Surrey Metal Detecting Club sees membership leap in six years
Founded with 60 members in 2019, the Surrey club now has more than 3,000 members across the county.
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"I've never sold a single item & I've found thousands of coins."
'he keeps his finds carefully arranged in a display cabinet at his home.'
...that's just one #detectorist.
Multiply that by perhaps 40,000 people - that's an awful lot of artefacts.
#Archaeology 🏺
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'he keeps his finds carefully arranged in a display cabinet at his home.'
...that's just one #detectorist.
Multiply that by perhaps 40,000 people - that's an awful lot of artefacts.
#Archaeology 🏺
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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You can choose to dig only certain metals, so we're not only getting increasing amounts of certain precious metal find types (Treasure), but we're also losing a huge number of finds that aren't - iron, lead, bronze etc - if folks don't choose to 'save' those signals...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
You can choose to dig only certain metals, so we're not only getting increasing amounts of certain precious metal find types (Treasure), but we're also losing a huge number of finds that aren't - iron, lead, bronze etc - if folks don't choose to 'save' those signals...
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But now you can use online resources such as lidar, finds records from areas, maps of historic sites to target areas.
The machines are much, much more sensitive.
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The machines are much, much more sensitive.
3/4
November 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
But now you can use online resources such as lidar, finds records from areas, maps of historic sites to target areas.
The machines are much, much more sensitive.
3/4
The machines are much, much more sensitive.
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One of the main defences of detecting I hear is that they discover things we wouldn't know about otherwise.
Stuff sitting on a shelf in somebody's house is lost to us. Stripping it of context strips or of meaning = It'd probably be better off left in the ground.
Stuff sitting on a shelf in somebody's house is lost to us. Stripping it of context strips or of meaning = It'd probably be better off left in the ground.
"I've never sold a single item & I've found thousands of coins."
'he keeps his finds carefully arranged in a display cabinet at his home.'
...that's just one #detectorist.
Multiply that by perhaps 40,000 people - that's an awful lot of artefacts.
#Archaeology 🏺
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'he keeps his finds carefully arranged in a display cabinet at his home.'
...that's just one #detectorist.
Multiply that by perhaps 40,000 people - that's an awful lot of artefacts.
#Archaeology 🏺
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The Surrey Metal Detecting Club sees membership leap in six years
Founded with 60 members in 2019, the Surrey club now has more than 3,000 members across the county.
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
One of the main defences of detecting I hear is that they discover things we wouldn't know about otherwise.
Stuff sitting on a shelf in somebody's house is lost to us. Stripping it of context strips or of meaning = It'd probably be better off left in the ground.
Stuff sitting on a shelf in somebody's house is lost to us. Stripping it of context strips or of meaning = It'd probably be better off left in the ground.
#MosaicMonday
LULLINGSTONE ROMAN VILLA
The mosaic from the audience chamber depicts the #mythical Bellerophon mounted on the winged Pegasus killing the Chimera.
www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places...
#RomanBritain #Archaeology
LULLINGSTONE ROMAN VILLA
The mosaic from the audience chamber depicts the #mythical Bellerophon mounted on the winged Pegasus killing the Chimera.
www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places...
#RomanBritain #Archaeology
November 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM
#MosaicMonday
LULLINGSTONE ROMAN VILLA
The mosaic from the audience chamber depicts the #mythical Bellerophon mounted on the winged Pegasus killing the Chimera.
www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places...
#RomanBritain #Archaeology
LULLINGSTONE ROMAN VILLA
The mosaic from the audience chamber depicts the #mythical Bellerophon mounted on the winged Pegasus killing the Chimera.
www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places...
#RomanBritain #Archaeology
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#RomanSiteSaturday
The scheduled Temple of Mithras at Carrawburgh, Northumberland.
The soldiers built the Temple of the god Mithras around AD 200, which was destroyed around AD 350.
📸 © Historic England Archive
#Archaeology #RomanBritain
The scheduled Temple of Mithras at Carrawburgh, Northumberland.
The soldiers built the Temple of the god Mithras around AD 200, which was destroyed around AD 350.
📸 © Historic England Archive
#Archaeology #RomanBritain
July 12, 2025 at 6:32 AM
#RomanSiteSaturday
The scheduled Temple of Mithras at Carrawburgh, Northumberland.
The soldiers built the Temple of the god Mithras around AD 200, which was destroyed around AD 350.
📸 © Historic England Archive
#Archaeology #RomanBritain
The scheduled Temple of Mithras at Carrawburgh, Northumberland.
The soldiers built the Temple of the god Mithras around AD 200, which was destroyed around AD 350.
📸 © Historic England Archive
#Archaeology #RomanBritain
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#Roman government could not function without communication and provisions. Mansiones or #inns provided a place to stay and freshen up on route. It is believed #Augustus instituted them for officials. A few examples may have been found at #Silchester & #Wanborough.
#RomanBritain #Archaeology
#RomanBritain #Archaeology
August 20, 2025 at 11:06 PM
#Roman government could not function without communication and provisions. Mansiones or #inns provided a place to stay and freshen up on route. It is believed #Augustus instituted them for officials. A few examples may have been found at #Silchester & #Wanborough.
#RomanBritain #Archaeology
#RomanBritain #Archaeology
Isca - To the spirit of the departed:
Titus Flavius Candidus, from Ulpia Traiana (Xanten on the Rhine) soldier M(iles) of II legion Augusta of 7 years service, age 27; his brother set this up.
#Archaeology #Caerleon #RomanBritain 👇
romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions...;
Titus Flavius Candidus, from Ulpia Traiana (Xanten on the Rhine) soldier M(iles) of II legion Augusta of 7 years service, age 27; his brother set this up.
#Archaeology #Caerleon #RomanBritain 👇
romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions...;
November 15, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Isca - To the spirit of the departed:
Titus Flavius Candidus, from Ulpia Traiana (Xanten on the Rhine) soldier M(iles) of II legion Augusta of 7 years service, age 27; his brother set this up.
#Archaeology #Caerleon #RomanBritain 👇
romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions...;
Titus Flavius Candidus, from Ulpia Traiana (Xanten on the Rhine) soldier M(iles) of II legion Augusta of 7 years service, age 27; his brother set this up.
#Archaeology #Caerleon #RomanBritain 👇
romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions...;
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Inchtuthil is the site of a #Roman legionary fortress situated on a natural platform overlooking the north bank of the River Tay southwest of Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross, #Scotland (Roman Caledonia).
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology #History
#RomanBritain
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology #History
#RomanBritain
November 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Inchtuthil is the site of a #Roman legionary fortress situated on a natural platform overlooking the north bank of the River Tay southwest of Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross, #Scotland (Roman Caledonia).
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology #History
#RomanBritain
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology #History
#RomanBritain
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#RomanFortThursday
One of the best preserved #Roman fortresses is the Portus Adurni.
It was built in the Roman province of Britannia in the 3rd C to protect the southern coastline of #Britain from Saxon raids.
In the Medieval period, it was converted into a #castle - #History
One of the best preserved #Roman fortresses is the Portus Adurni.
It was built in the Roman province of Britannia in the 3rd C to protect the southern coastline of #Britain from Saxon raids.
In the Medieval period, it was converted into a #castle - #History
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
#RomanFortThursday
One of the best preserved #Roman fortresses is the Portus Adurni.
It was built in the Roman province of Britannia in the 3rd C to protect the southern coastline of #Britain from Saxon raids.
In the Medieval period, it was converted into a #castle - #History
One of the best preserved #Roman fortresses is the Portus Adurni.
It was built in the Roman province of Britannia in the 3rd C to protect the southern coastline of #Britain from Saxon raids.
In the Medieval period, it was converted into a #castle - #History
#RomanFortThursday
Housesteads was a #Roman auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall, at Housesteads, Northumberland. It is dramatically positioned on the end of the mile-long crag of the Whin Sill over which the Wall runs, overlooking sparsely populated hills.
#RomanBritain #Archaeology #History
Housesteads was a #Roman auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall, at Housesteads, Northumberland. It is dramatically positioned on the end of the mile-long crag of the Whin Sill over which the Wall runs, overlooking sparsely populated hills.
#RomanBritain #Archaeology #History
November 13, 2025 at 8:13 AM
#RomanFortThursday
Housesteads was a #Roman auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall, at Housesteads, Northumberland. It is dramatically positioned on the end of the mile-long crag of the Whin Sill over which the Wall runs, overlooking sparsely populated hills.
#RomanBritain #Archaeology #History
Housesteads was a #Roman auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall, at Housesteads, Northumberland. It is dramatically positioned on the end of the mile-long crag of the Whin Sill over which the Wall runs, overlooking sparsely populated hills.
#RomanBritain #Archaeology #History
Romano-British opulence: the magnificent 4th century silver dish, almost two feet across, found at Mildenhall, #Suffolk.
Imported from the #Mediterranean, it depicts Oceanus surrounded by nymphs.
#RomanBritain
#Archaeology
#Roman #Silver
Imported from the #Mediterranean, it depicts Oceanus surrounded by nymphs.
#RomanBritain
#Archaeology
#Roman #Silver
November 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Romano-British opulence: the magnificent 4th century silver dish, almost two feet across, found at Mildenhall, #Suffolk.
Imported from the #Mediterranean, it depicts Oceanus surrounded by nymphs.
#RomanBritain
#Archaeology
#Roman #Silver
Imported from the #Mediterranean, it depicts Oceanus surrounded by nymphs.
#RomanBritain
#Archaeology
#Roman #Silver
Inchtuthil is the site of a #Roman legionary fortress situated on a natural platform overlooking the north bank of the River Tay southwest of Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross, #Scotland (Roman Caledonia).
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology #History
#RomanBritain
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology #History
#RomanBritain
November 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Inchtuthil is the site of a #Roman legionary fortress situated on a natural platform overlooking the north bank of the River Tay southwest of Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross, #Scotland (Roman Caledonia).
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology #History
#RomanBritain
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology #History
#RomanBritain
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Aldborough. What a splendid site. Those mosaics. The look on that horse/dog/creature's face.
And a placename that indicates awareness of those who came before as 'the old fortification'. Plus for philologists, a chance to get excited about the initial vowel. It's got it all.
And a placename that indicates awareness of those who came before as 'the old fortification'. Plus for philologists, a chance to get excited about the initial vowel. It's got it all.
Aldborough - Isurium Brigantum.
The town was established sometime after 74 A.D when the #Romans established themselves in Northern #Britain, following an uprising by the #Brigantes tribe.
Section of walls remain and #mosaics.
#Romanbritain #ancientbluesky
#Archaeology #History
#Towns
The town was established sometime after 74 A.D when the #Romans established themselves in Northern #Britain, following an uprising by the #Brigantes tribe.
Section of walls remain and #mosaics.
#Romanbritain #ancientbluesky
#Archaeology #History
#Towns
November 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Aldborough. What a splendid site. Those mosaics. The look on that horse/dog/creature's face.
And a placename that indicates awareness of those who came before as 'the old fortification'. Plus for philologists, a chance to get excited about the initial vowel. It's got it all.
And a placename that indicates awareness of those who came before as 'the old fortification'. Plus for philologists, a chance to get excited about the initial vowel. It's got it all.
In #RomanBritain processions & celebrations starting in the #theatre could progress to the #temple as a full part of the ceremonial.
#Games played a vital role in the activities, especially those linked directly to religious festivals but these also included enactment of #myth.
#Games played a vital role in the activities, especially those linked directly to religious festivals but these also included enactment of #myth.
November 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
In #RomanBritain processions & celebrations starting in the #theatre could progress to the #temple as a full part of the ceremonial.
#Games played a vital role in the activities, especially those linked directly to religious festivals but these also included enactment of #myth.
#Games played a vital role in the activities, especially those linked directly to religious festivals but these also included enactment of #myth.
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#MosaicMonday
A wonderful Sea-horse from the #Roman Palace at #Fishbourne #Sussex.🤩
Sea-horses and sea-panthers surround the central medallion of a cupid astride a dolphin.
Go visit if you get the chance. It really is a superb site. 👇 @romanpalace.bsky.social
#RomanBritain #Archaeology
A wonderful Sea-horse from the #Roman Palace at #Fishbourne #Sussex.🤩
Sea-horses and sea-panthers surround the central medallion of a cupid astride a dolphin.
Go visit if you get the chance. It really is a superb site. 👇 @romanpalace.bsky.social
#RomanBritain #Archaeology
August 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
#MosaicMonday
A wonderful Sea-horse from the #Roman Palace at #Fishbourne #Sussex.🤩
Sea-horses and sea-panthers surround the central medallion of a cupid astride a dolphin.
Go visit if you get the chance. It really is a superb site. 👇 @romanpalace.bsky.social
#RomanBritain #Archaeology
A wonderful Sea-horse from the #Roman Palace at #Fishbourne #Sussex.🤩
Sea-horses and sea-panthers surround the central medallion of a cupid astride a dolphin.
Go visit if you get the chance. It really is a superb site. 👇 @romanpalace.bsky.social
#RomanBritain #Archaeology
Aldborough - Isurium Brigantum.
The town was established sometime after 74 A.D when the #Romans established themselves in Northern #Britain, following an uprising by the #Brigantes tribe.
Section of walls remain and #mosaics.
#Romanbritain #ancientbluesky
#Archaeology #History
#Towns
The town was established sometime after 74 A.D when the #Romans established themselves in Northern #Britain, following an uprising by the #Brigantes tribe.
Section of walls remain and #mosaics.
#Romanbritain #ancientbluesky
#Archaeology #History
#Towns
November 3, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Fragment of 4th century mosaic from the #Roman bathhouse of Lydney #Gloucestershire
Beautifully captured in watercolour by the great archaeologist, Tessa Verney Wheeler in 1929 🤩
Original painting held by @antiquaries.bsky.social
#MosaicMonday
Beautifully captured in watercolour by the great archaeologist, Tessa Verney Wheeler in 1929 🤩
Original painting held by @antiquaries.bsky.social
#MosaicMonday
November 3, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Fragment of 4th century mosaic from the #Roman bathhouse of Lydney #Gloucestershire
Beautifully captured in watercolour by the great archaeologist, Tessa Verney Wheeler in 1929 🤩
Original painting held by @antiquaries.bsky.social
#MosaicMonday
Beautifully captured in watercolour by the great archaeologist, Tessa Verney Wheeler in 1929 🤩
Original painting held by @antiquaries.bsky.social
#MosaicMonday