Paul Franzen
@pfranzen.bsky.social
Archaeologist and historian; thinking of Romans every single day.
The Limes, heritage management, small finds, GIS, politics and armed conflict ab urbe condita until now. And more.
The Limes, heritage management, small finds, GIS, politics and armed conflict ab urbe condita until now. And more.
A quiet Sunday morning, the sparrows having breakfast at the back of the garden
#timelinecleanser
#timelinecleanser
August 31, 2025 at 6:43 AM
A quiet Sunday morning, the sparrows having breakfast at the back of the garden
#timelinecleanser
#timelinecleanser
Bathing utensil Roman style:
Bronze ointment vessel in the shape of a buste of Antinoös.
AD 130-225, from a grave found near a Roman villa in Bocholtz (Netherlands)
Bronze ointment vessel in the shape of a buste of Antinoös.
AD 130-225, from a grave found near a Roman villa in Bocholtz (Netherlands)
August 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Bathing utensil Roman style:
Bronze ointment vessel in the shape of a buste of Antinoös.
AD 130-225, from a grave found near a Roman villa in Bocholtz (Netherlands)
Bronze ointment vessel in the shape of a buste of Antinoös.
AD 130-225, from a grave found near a Roman villa in Bocholtz (Netherlands)
Tombstone of T. Flavius Bassus, a trooper in the ala Noricum.
Love the detailed horsegear and all the attached bling!
From this point of view he looks at you directly.
Found in and on display in Cologne, Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, the provincial capital of Germania Inferior.
Pics: me.
Love the detailed horsegear and all the attached bling!
From this point of view he looks at you directly.
Found in and on display in Cologne, Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, the provincial capital of Germania Inferior.
Pics: me.
July 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Tombstone of T. Flavius Bassus, a trooper in the ala Noricum.
Love the detailed horsegear and all the attached bling!
From this point of view he looks at you directly.
Found in and on display in Cologne, Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, the provincial capital of Germania Inferior.
Pics: me.
Love the detailed horsegear and all the attached bling!
From this point of view he looks at you directly.
Found in and on display in Cologne, Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, the provincial capital of Germania Inferior.
Pics: me.
July 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Hyvemind:
#Roman #glass pre-Flavian military context.
2 thin pieces of blue green glass, white layer on the inside, 1 fragment with 3 thin black lines drawn between the inner and the outer layer.
Anyone seen this before?
#archaeology #Romans #history #smallfinds
#Roman #glass pre-Flavian military context.
2 thin pieces of blue green glass, white layer on the inside, 1 fragment with 3 thin black lines drawn between the inner and the outer layer.
Anyone seen this before?
#archaeology #Romans #history #smallfinds
June 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Hyvemind:
#Roman #glass pre-Flavian military context.
2 thin pieces of blue green glass, white layer on the inside, 1 fragment with 3 thin black lines drawn between the inner and the outer layer.
Anyone seen this before?
#archaeology #Romans #history #smallfinds
#Roman #glass pre-Flavian military context.
2 thin pieces of blue green glass, white layer on the inside, 1 fragment with 3 thin black lines drawn between the inner and the outer layer.
Anyone seen this before?
#archaeology #Romans #history #smallfinds
Trooping the Colour 2025
And that, their Americans, is how you celebrate your #King ‘s birthday!
#London #washington #DC #USA
And that, their Americans, is how you celebrate your #King ‘s birthday!
#London #washington #DC #USA
June 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Trooping the Colour 2025
And that, their Americans, is how you celebrate your #King ‘s birthday!
#London #washington #DC #USA
And that, their Americans, is how you celebrate your #King ‘s birthday!
#London #washington #DC #USA
Some more (global) information on Wikipedia: de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Wil...
And the stone in the church:
And the stone in the church:
June 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Some more (global) information on Wikipedia: de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Wil...
And the stone in the church:
And the stone in the church:
Lots. For instance this one in the church at Rindern, near Kleve (Cleves), dedicated to Mars Camulos.
In use as the main altar.
In use as the main altar.
June 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Lots. For instance this one in the church at Rindern, near Kleve (Cleves), dedicated to Mars Camulos.
In use as the main altar.
In use as the main altar.
Romec, next week in Brno!
May 29, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Romec, next week in Brno!
My experience yesterday: can you make out what is displayed?
This was the best shot I got ☹️
This was the best shot I got ☹️
May 11, 2025 at 6:27 AM
My experience yesterday: can you make out what is displayed?
This was the best shot I got ☹️
This was the best shot I got ☹️
Currently underway: VE-Day celebrations in London
May 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Currently underway: VE-Day celebrations in London
I think I’m on the opposite side
May 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I think I’m on the opposite side
When the sandy stuff is aeolian sand -from the Dryas- on top of a layer containing gravel, on top of a layer that contains sherds from possibly the early Iron Age…
So after 4 hrs the sand is a secondary deposit, the gravel is from a nearby Roman road & archaeology is great fun. But complicated.
So after 4 hrs the sand is a secondary deposit, the gravel is from a nearby Roman road & archaeology is great fun. But complicated.
April 30, 2025 at 2:32 AM
When the sandy stuff is aeolian sand -from the Dryas- on top of a layer containing gravel, on top of a layer that contains sherds from possibly the early Iron Age…
So after 4 hrs the sand is a secondary deposit, the gravel is from a nearby Roman road & archaeology is great fun. But complicated.
So after 4 hrs the sand is a secondary deposit, the gravel is from a nearby Roman road & archaeology is great fun. But complicated.
Think this one would be better?
He already thinks he’s a king. And behaves as if he is god himself, above all mere people.
Guess what the R in INRI stands for?
He already thinks he’s a king. And behaves as if he is god himself, above all mere people.
Guess what the R in INRI stands for?
April 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Think this one would be better?
He already thinks he’s a king. And behaves as if he is god himself, above all mere people.
Guess what the R in INRI stands for?
He already thinks he’s a king. And behaves as if he is god himself, above all mere people.
Guess what the R in INRI stands for?
Soothing picture from the garden.
March 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Soothing picture from the garden.
March 8, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Yes! But first (war) coffee!
March 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Yes! But first (war) coffee!
Meanwhile in Köln / Cologne
March 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Meanwhile in Köln / Cologne
Just because ….
Valentines at the dock; glam-pic of a Valentine and how many Valentines do you need?
All photos from the IWM collection.
Valentines at the dock; glam-pic of a Valentine and how many Valentines do you need?
All photos from the IWM collection.
February 14, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Just because ….
Valentines at the dock; glam-pic of a Valentine and how many Valentines do you need?
All photos from the IWM collection.
Valentines at the dock; glam-pic of a Valentine and how many Valentines do you need?
All photos from the IWM collection.
never ever thought there were so many of these!
Roman feeding bottles, 1st century AD.
Roman feeding bottles, 1st century AD.
February 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
never ever thought there were so many of these!
Roman feeding bottles, 1st century AD.
Roman feeding bottles, 1st century AD.
Deciphering en drawing the text on a Roman altar. With my old archeological illustrator from university. It could be worse 😉
How’s your job?
How’s your job?
November 15, 2024 at 9:44 AM
Deciphering en drawing the text on a Roman altar. With my old archeological illustrator from university. It could be worse 😉
How’s your job?
How’s your job?