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Cutaway of a tower on Hadrian's Wall, Roman Britain, 2nd century AD (Philip Corke)

Cutaway of a tower on Hadrian's Wall, Roman Britain, 2nd century AD (Philip Corke)

https://piefed.social/c/historyart/p/2057283/cutaway-of-a-tower-on-hadrian-s-wall-roman-britain-2nd-century-ad-philip-corke

Cutaway of a tower on Hadrian's Wall, Roman Britain, 2nd century AD (Philip Corke)

Cutaway of a tower on Hadrian's Wall, Roman Britain, 2nd century AD (Philip Corke)

https://piefed.social/c/historyart/p/2057283/cutaway-of-a-tower-on-hadrian-s-wall-roman-britain-2nd-century-ad-philip-corke

Cutaway of a tower on Hadrian's Wall, Roman Britain, 2nd century AD (Philip Corke)

https://piefed.social/c/historyart/p/2057283/cutaway-of-a-tower-on-hadrian-s-wall-roman-britain-2nd-century-ad-philip-corke

Via Euronews: Striking souvenir from 2nd century AD Hadrian's Wall in UK found in Spain

https://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/04/26/striking-souvenir-from-2nd-century-ad-hadrians-wall-in-uk-found-in-spain

#archaeology #RomanBritain #HadriansWall #Spain

At last we have them all well fooled, well tamed;
they use our baths and lard themselves with oil,
truss up their souls and bodies in the toga…

—William Neill (1922–2010), “Despatches Home”
from DESPATCHES HOME (Reprographia, 1972)

A poem for the Ides o fMarch

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #Roman #RomanBritain #IdesofMarch

Centurion asks us to root for the occupiers because they sound like us. Boudica: Queen of War mythologizes rebellion until it turns history into fantasy.
#Centurion #Boudica #RomanBritain #HistoricalFilms #FilmAnalysis #History #Myth #Tacitus #Nero #Storytelling #MovieReview
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/02/22/the-palimpsest-of-empire-aestheticized-violence-and-ideological-distortion-in-centurion-and-boudica-queen-of-war/

#RomanFortThursday with Ambleside, just on the shore of Windermere

See more of the Lake District in the new episode >>>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R_4TbWgenc

#RomanBritain

Large Roman cemetery excavation at Brougham reveals diverse burial practices on Britain’s northern frontier

Archaeologists from Oxford Cotswold Archaeology completed a large-scale excavation of a Roman cemetery linked to the fort and settlement at Brougham in Cumbria. The work formed part of the A66 Northern Trans-Pennine Project and focused on burial activity close to the northern edge of Roman control in Britain...

More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/01/roman-cemetery-excavation-at-brougham/

@archaeology

#archaeology #romanbritain

I visited the Roman fort at Rough Castle today, for the first time in probably 40-45 years. I think my dad took me when I was small, although there’s a chance I’m (mis)remembering a visit from having seen photographs and what I otherwise know about sites along the Antonine Wall: the spectre of memory at the edge of empire.

What most sticks in my mind are the lilia, the defensive pit traps on the outside of the wall (seen in the first picture). The last picture shows the line of the Antonine Wall, which was only ever a turf wall with the deep ditch on the left.

It made me a little sad that I was alone there at what is a very impressive Roman site, apart from some dog walkers who seemed oblivious to what was beneath their feet, and a cold and bitter rain that refused to leave my side.

#RoughCastle #AntonineWall #RomanFort #RomanScotland #RomanBritain #Archaeology

I visited the Roman fort at Rough Castle today, for the first time in probably 40-45 years. I think my dad took me when I was small, although there’s a chance I’m (mis)remembering a visit from having seen photographs and what I otherwise know about sites along the Antonine Wall: the spectre of memory at the edge of empire.

What most sticks in my mind are the lilia, the defensive pit traps on the outside of the wall (seen in the first picture). The last picture shows the line of the Antonine Wall, which was only ever a turf wall with the deep ditch on the left.

It made me a little sad that I was alone there at what is a very impressive Roman site, apart from some dog walkers who seemed oblivious to what was beneath their feet, and a cold and bitter rain that refused to leave my side.

#RoughCastle #AntonineWall #RomanFort #RomanScotland #RomanBritain #Archaeology

I visited the Roman fort at Rough Castle today, for the first time in probably 40-45 years. I think my dad took me when I was small, although there’s a chance I’m (mis)remembering a visit from having seen photographs and what I otherwise know about sites along the Antonine Wall: the spectre of memory at the edge of empire.

What most sticks in my mind are the lilia, the defensive pit traps on the outside of the wall (seen in the first picture). The last picture shows the line of the Antonine Wall, which was only ever a turf wall with the deep ditch on the left.

It made me a little sad that I was alone there at what is a very impressive Roman site, apart from some dog walkers who seemed oblivious to what was beneath their feet, and a cold and bitter rain that refused to leave my side.

#RoughCastle #AntonineWall #RomanFort #RomanScotland #RomanBritain #Archaeology

I visited the Roman fort at Rough Castle today, for the first time in probably 40-45 years. I think my dad took me when I was small, although there’s a chance I’m (mis)remembering a visit from having seen photographs and what I otherwise know about sites along the Antonine Wall: the spectre of memory at the edge of empire.

What most sticks in my mind are the lilia, the defensive pit traps on the outside of the wall (seen in the first picture). The last picture shows the line of the Antonine Wall, which was only ever a turf wall with the deep ditch on the left.

It made me a little sad that I was alone there at what is a very impressive Roman site, apart from some dog walkers who seemed oblivious to what was beneath their feet, and a cold and bitter rain that refused to leave my side.

#RoughCastle #AntonineWall #RomanFort #RomanScotland #RomanBritain #Archaeology

I visited the Roman fort at Rough Castle today, for the first time in probably 40-45 years. I think my dad took me when I was small, although there’s a chance I’m (mis)remembering a visit from having seen photographs and what I otherwise know about sites along the Antonine Wall: the spectre of memory at the edge of empire.

What most sticks in my mind are the lilia, the defensive pit traps on the outside of the wall (seen in the first picture). The last picture shows the line of the Antonine Wall, which was only ever a turf wall with the deep ditch on the left.

It made me a little sad that I was alone there at what is a very impressive Roman site, apart from some dog walkers who seemed oblivious to what was beneath their feet, and a cold and bitter rain that refused to leave my side.

#RoughCastle #AntonineWall #RomanFort #RomanScotland #RomanBritain #Archaeology

𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗯𝗼𝘁’𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗶𝗶: 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀’ 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆
A vast Roman villa has been detected beneath Margam Country Park — the biggest of its kind ever found in Wales. Could this “Port Talbot Pompeii” rewrite what we thought we knew about Roman life in the region?
#AncientOrigins #AncientHistory #ancientplaces #romanbritain
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/roman-villa-wales-00102444

Archaeologists discover signs of Roman industrial hub at site in Sunderland https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/08/archaeology-roman-whetstone-offerton-sunderland-river-wear #Sunderland #Archaeology #RomanBritain #DurhamUniversity #UkNews #ManufacturingSector #History

Archaeologists discover signs of Roman industrial hub at site in Sunderland https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/08/archaeology-roman-whetstone-offerton-sunderland-river-wear #Sunderland #Archaeology #RomanBritain #DurhamUniversity #UkNews #ManufacturingSector #History

Ketton mosaic in Rutland reveals rare Aeschylean Trojan War scenes in late Roman Britain

Archaeologists have taken a significant step toward understanding one of the most striking Roman mosaics ever unearthed in Britain. A new study has confirmed that the celebrated Ketton mosaic in Rutland does not follow the familiar storyline of Homer’s Iliad, as originally assumed.

More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/12/ketton-mosaic-in-rutland-roman-britain/

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#archaeology #romanempire #romanart #trojanwar #romanbritain

New study shows Britain’s economy did not collapse after the Romans left

A new study has indicated that Britain’s industrial economy did not collapse with the Romans’ withdrawal, but instead continued for centuries, and actually reached its major revival during the Viking Age...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/09/britain-economy-thrived-after-the-romans-left/

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Last gaming photo, for now.

Gaming counters of bone, pottery and glass (L to R) and dice, from the Roman fortress baths at Isca (at the National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon)
#RomanBritain #OldGames #Museum Photos

"Gambling games included Tali (knucklebones) and Tesserae (dice), while board games included Ludus Latrunculi (little robbers), Calculorum (pebbles), Ludus Duodecima Scripta (twelve lines), Tabula (board), and Merels (nine men’s morris)."
("Roman board games at the Baths.", https://bathsbloggers.blogspot.com/2013/02/nicola-002board-games.html)

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jul/04/roman-swords-gloucestershire-villa-iron-age-settlement-discovery

#Archaeology #RomanBritain #IronAge #Detectorists

𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗮 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗿
Archaeologists at the Roman Magna Fort near Hadrian’s Wall have unearthed a 2,000-year-old leather shoe measuring 32cm long—possibly the largest Roman shoe ever found in Britain.
#ancientrome #romanbritain #Magna #hadrianswall
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/magna-fort-shoe-0022193

𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗮 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗿
Archaeologists at the Roman Magna Fort near Hadrian’s Wall have unearthed a 2,000-year-old leather shoe measuring 32cm long—possibly the largest Roman shoe ever found in Britain.
#ancientrome #romanbritain #Magna #hadrianswall
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/magna-fort-shoe-0022193

𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗮 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗿
Archaeologists at the Roman Magna Fort near Hadrian’s Wall have unearthed a 2,000-year-old leather shoe measuring 32cm long—possibly the largest Roman shoe ever found in Britain.
#ancientrome #romanbritain #Magna #hadrianswall
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/magna-fort-shoe-0022193

𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗮 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗿
Archaeologists at the Roman Magna Fort near Hadrian’s Wall have unearthed a 2,000-year-old leather shoe measuring 32cm long—possibly the largest Roman shoe ever found in Britain.
#ancientrome #romanbritain #Magna #hadrianswall
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/magna-fort-shoe-0022193

𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗮 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗿
Archaeologists at the Roman Magna Fort near Hadrian’s Wall have unearthed a 2,000-year-old leather shoe measuring 32cm long—possibly the largest Roman shoe ever found in Britain.
#ancientrome #romanbritain #Magna #hadrianswall
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/magna-fort-shoe-0022193

Drought triggered rebellion and barbarian invasion in Roman Britain, study finds

A newly published study by researchers from the University of Cambridge reveals that a catastrophic three-year drought led to a massive rebellion known as the “Barbarian Conspiracy” in Roman Britain around 367 CE...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/04/drought-triggered-invasion-in-roman-britain/

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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #romanbritain #saxons #picts #Scotti #romanempire

The text for the published journal paper about the temple to Mithras at Inveresk is available free to read thanks to the author on Edinburgh University's Research Explorer website at https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/mithras-in-scotland-a-mithraeum-at-inveresk-east-lothian #Mithras #RomanBritain #AncientRome #Scotland #EastLothian #Inveresk #Archaeology

The text for the published journal paper about the temple to Mithras at Inveresk is available free to read thanks to the author on Edinburgh University's Research Explorer website at https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/mithras-in-scotland-a-mithraeum-at-inveresk-east-lothian #Mithras #RomanBritain #AncientRome #Scotland #EastLothian #Inveresk #Archaeology

The text for the published journal paper about the temple to Mithras at Inveresk is available free to read thanks to the author on Edinburgh University's Research Explorer website at https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/mithras-in-scotland-a-mithraeum-at-inveresk-east-lothian #Mithras #RomanBritain #AncientRome #Scotland #EastLothian #Inveresk #Archaeology

The text for the published journal paper about the temple to Mithras at Inveresk is available free to read thanks to the author on Edinburgh University's Research Explorer website at https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/mithras-in-scotland-a-mithraeum-at-inveresk-east-lothian #Mithras #RomanBritain #AncientRome #Scotland #EastLothian #Inveresk #Archaeology

Watching a recorded Treadwells bookshop talk about the Mithras cult in London. And remembering the fairly recent find of an altar to Mithras at Inveresk in Scotland. Many pics viewable in free to read supplementary material for the paywall-locked journal article. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/britannia/article/abs/mithras-in-scotland-a-mithraeum-at-inveresk-east-lothian/544B6233F7F06415EE049C60A827C3C0#supplementary-materials #Mithras #RomanBritain #AncientRome #Scotland #EastLothian #Inveresk #Archaeology

Watching a recorded Treadwells bookshop talk about the Mithras cult in London. And remembering the fairly recent find of an altar to Mithras at Inveresk in Scotland. Many pics viewable in free to read supplementary material for the paywall-locked journal article. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/britannia/article/abs/mithras-in-scotland-a-mithraeum-at-inveresk-east-lothian/544B6233F7F06415EE049C60A827C3C0#supplementary-materials #Mithras #RomanBritain #AncientRome #Scotland #EastLothian #Inveresk #Archaeology

Watching a recorded Treadwells bookshop talk about the Mithras cult in London. And remembering the fairly recent find of an altar to Mithras at Inveresk in Scotland. Many pics viewable in free to read supplementary material for the paywall-locked journal article. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/britannia/article/abs/mithras-in-scotland-a-mithraeum-at-inveresk-east-lothian/544B6233F7F06415EE049C60A827C3C0#supplementary-materials #Mithras #RomanBritain #AncientRome #Scotland #EastLothian #Inveresk #Archaeology

Watching a recorded Treadwells bookshop talk about the Mithras cult in London. And remembering the fairly recent find of an altar to Mithras at Inveresk in Scotland. Many pics viewable in free to read supplementary material for the paywall-locked journal article. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/britannia/article/abs/mithras-in-scotland-a-mithraeum-at-inveresk-east-lothian/544B6233F7F06415EE049C60A827C3C0#supplementary-materials #Mithras #RomanBritain #AncientRome #Scotland #EastLothian #Inveresk #Archaeology

I'm studying the Romans in Scotland at school, so today we dressed up as Roman soldiers and took a trip to the remains of the Antonine Wall where we met Silvanus!

#glasgow #antoninewall #glasgowpenguins #thepenguinsinthewall #streetart #croy #romanbritain

I'm studying the Romans in Scotland at school, so today we dressed up as Roman soldiers and took a trip to the remains of the Antonine Wall where we met Silvanus!

#glasgow #antoninewall #glasgowpenguins #thepenguinsinthewall #streetart #croy #romanbritain

I'm studying the Romans in Scotland at school, so today we dressed up as Roman soldiers and took a trip to the remains of the Antonine Wall where we met Silvanus!

#glasgow #antoninewall #glasgowpenguins #thepenguinsinthewall #streetart #croy #romanbritain

I'm studying the Romans in Scotland at school, so today we dressed up as Roman soldiers and took a trip to the remains of the Antonine Wall where we met Silvanus!

#glasgow #antoninewall #glasgowpenguins #thepenguinsinthewall #streetart #croy #romanbritain

I'm studying the Romans in Scotland at school, so today we dressed up as Roman soldiers and took a trip to the remains of the Antonine Wall where we met Silvanus!

#glasgow #antoninewall #glasgowpenguins #thepenguinsinthewall #streetart #croy #romanbritain

At the Temple of Mithras

#Brocolitia #TempleOfMithras #Carrawburgh #HadriansWall #RomanBritain #Archaeology #Mithras #Mithraism #CultOfMithras

https://brianlavelle.scot/at-the-temple-of-mithras/

At the Temple of Mithras

#Brocolitia #TempleOfMithras #Carrawburgh #HadriansWall #RomanBritain #Archaeology #Mithras #Mithraism #CultOfMithras

https://brianlavelle.scot/at-the-temple-of-mithras/

At the Temple of Mithras

#Brocolitia #TempleOfMithras #Carrawburgh #HadriansWall #RomanBritain #Archaeology #Mithras #Mithraism #CultOfMithras

https://brianlavelle.scot/at-the-temple-of-mithras/

At the Temple of Mithras

#Brocolitia #TempleOfMithras #Carrawburgh #HadriansWall #RomanBritain #Archaeology #Mithras #Mithraism #CultOfMithras

https://brianlavelle.scot/at-the-temple-of-mithras/

At the Temple of Mithras

#Brocolitia #TempleOfMithras #Carrawburgh #HadriansWall #RomanBritain #Archaeology #Mithras #Mithraism #CultOfMithras

https://brianlavelle.scot/at-the-temple-of-mithras/

>>...in a letter, a junior officer complains to his superior that 'My fellow soldiers have no beer – please order some to be sent'.<<

The Vindolanda tablets | British Museum

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/galleries/roman-britain/vindolanda-tablets

#RomanBritain #Archaeology #Vindolanda

From the #Vindolanda #RomanBritain #archaeology site website: The Curator’s Favourite Shoes. Just wow. https://www.vindolanda.com/Blog/the-curators-favourite-shoes #Northumberland #Northumbria #HadriansWall #England #RomanForts

Playing games at Vindolanda: Board gaming in Roman Britain
https://www.vindolanda.com/Blog/playing-games-at-vindolanda #Vindolanda #RomanBritain #RomanEmpire #RomanHistory #BoardGames #TabletopGames #Gaming #GamingHistory #Games #Archaeology

Archaeologists discover remains of Roman fortlet near Clydebank https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-65309762 #Scotland #Clydebank #Dunbartonshire #WestDunbartonshire #ScottishHistory #ScottishArchaeology #RomanScotland #RomanBritain #Archaeology #AntonineWall #RomanForts #Forts #Fortlets #Geophysics #Carleith #Duntocher