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Association for Roman Archaeology
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The ARA is a UK charity that supports & promotes Roman history & archaeology. Members get magazines & go on tours. Interested in joining? Visit our website
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romanarchaeouk.bsky.social
You're right - I think it might be SALVOM LAVISSE (a bath is good for you), based on the remaining tesserae, as in this panel from Sabratha, Libya (picture creative commons commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sa...). @wittspat.bsky.social - what do you think?
Square mosaic panel, inside which there is a circle holding three strigils, two flip-flop-style shoes, possibly an oil flask and the letters SALVOM LAVISSE
August 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
romanarchaeouk.bsky.social
What about Kenneth Williams? 🤣
GIF showing Kenneth Willians as Julius Caesar walking down stairs in the senate house and being stabbed by senators
July 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
romanarchaeouk.bsky.social
Socrates - we're from history!
Socrates and Billy the Kid from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
May 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
romanarchaeouk.bsky.social
Enjoy Sark; the Alderney dig revealed a nice early Iron Age round-ish house
Substantial stone wall, probably built into the slope, with post holes and a central hearth. The flattened grass area behind it is the site of a similar early Iron Age building excavated in the 1960s.
May 24, 2025 at 7:57 AM
romanarchaeouk.bsky.social
Alderney's newly discovered roundhouse has a clearly defined round stone wall, part of which has been destroyed. A prominent red layer shows where the hearth once burned #RomanArchaeology #LoveAlderney
The large trench with the roundhouse. The damaged stone arc of the roundhouse is at the back of the trench; at the front of the trench parallel stones could represent an entrance. There's a dark area of earth, perhaps burning, to one side of the possible entrance. Top left, in the background, the small Roman fort can be seen, with the more modern officers' building inside it. Inside the low stone wall of the roundhouse, three post holes form a straight line. Behind them three flat stones stand on their edges, three sides to a squarish box. Next to them, in the centre of the area defined by the stone wall, there's a flat area. A cut through it shows it's probably a hearth, as the stratification shows a prominent red layer.
May 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
romanarchaeouk.bsky.social
A merry Christmas to ARA's members and all of our followers!

The Aldborough wolf with Romulus and Remus, in Leeds City Museum, also has a cheery smile for one and all 🙂
Mosaic of a wolf that looks more like a horse wearing false teeth and lipstick giving a wonky smile to the photographer. Beneath her are two pink babies with black hair, naked apart from belts; the babes look like they could be dancing.
December 24, 2024 at 4:35 PM