Thousands of shattered fragments were discovered beneath London. Piece by piece, archaeologists reconstructed them—revealing the elaborate decoration of a wealthy Roman home lost for nearly 2,000 years.
#RomanLondon #AncientRome #Archaeology #RomanBritain #AncientHistory #RomanEmpire
Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/roman-fresco-villa-0022206
#romanbritain — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #romanbritain, aggregated by home.social.
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Glimpses into lives of Roman surburbanites in Bath revealed in rare finds https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/sep/23/archaeologists-clues-suburban-life-roman-times-bath #Archaeology #RomanBritain #Science #Heritage #Somerset #UkNews #Society
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Glimpses into lives of Roman surburbanites in Bath revealed in rare finds
By Steven MorrisExclusive: Restoration work at Bath Assembly Rooms unearths Roman ditches containing pottery, coins and fragments of a military helmet
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/sep/23/archaeologists-clues-suburban-life-roman-times-bath
#Archaeology #RomanBritain #Science #Heritage #Somerset #UKnews #Society #TheGuardian #StevenMorris
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1,750-year-old Roman altar honors soldier’s safe return home from a dangerous journey
A Roman altar dedicated to the goddess of safe homecoming will go on display in Bishop Auckland this…
#Italy #Europe #Europa #EU #Rome #RomanArchaeology #RomanBritain #RomanRituals
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The Great Roman Bath, Bath, Somerset, 1923 - Grand Pump Room Postcard
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A Roman curse demanded punishment for a suspected ring thief. Centuries later, Tolkien studied the mysterious god named in that curse. Did the story influence the One Ring?
#Tolkien #OneRing #RomanBritain #AncientCurse #AncientMysteries
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Multangular Tower, Abbey Gardens, York, Yorkshire, c.1920 - Valentine's Postcard
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Regina Stone, Roman Fort, South Shields, Durham, c.1960s - English Life RP Postcard
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A Bronze Age barrow in Suffolk sat empty for 2,000 years. Then Romans enclosed it, built a painted shrine beside it, and buried six pig skulls facing east. Nobody knows which god. #RomanBritain #Archaeology #BronzeAge https://www.anthropology.net/p/six-pig-skulls-facing-east-a-roman
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A 1,600-year-old Roman nail cleaner found near Cheltenham, England, has a very unusual handle. To Romans, the phallus wasn't obscene—it was a lucky symbol believed to protect against evil. #AncientRome #RomanBritain #Archaeology #AncientHistory #HistoryFacts Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/roman-nail-cleaner-00103062
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Roman villa bones hint at fourth-century massacre during political purge in Britain
Human bones found across a Roman villa on England’s Isle of Wight are giving archaeologists a fresh look…
#EuropeSays #Britain #Europe #EU #Bioarchaeology #Osteoarchaeology #RomanArchaeology #RomanBritain #RomanVilla
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https://www.europesays.com/britain/98731/ Roman villa bones hint at fourth-century massacre during political purge in Britain #Bioarchaeology #Britain #Osteoarchaeology #RomanArchaeology #RomanBritain #RomanVilla
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Roman villa bones hint at fourth-century massacre during political purge in Britain
Human bones found across a Roman villa on England’s Isle of Wight are giving archaeologists a fresh look…
#Italy #Europe #Europa #EU #Rome #Bioarchaeology #Osteoarchaeology #RomanArchaeology #RomanBritain #RomanVilla
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Quintus Lollius Urbicus: The Berber Who Governed Roman Britain
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Remains of Roman Houses, Verulamium, Hertfordshire, c.1930s - RP Postcard
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Roman Temple in the City of London, c.1950s - Tuck's RP Postcard
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The Roman Theatre, Verulamium, c.1930s - RP Postcard
https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/the-roman-theatre-verulamium-c-1930s-rp-postcard-224510404.htm
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Three Castor Ware Beakers, Verulamium, c.1970s - Photo Precision Postcard
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A Roman-era pit in Colchester held pottery, a horse tooth, an ear spoon... and a 100-million-year-old ichthyosaur bone someone carried there on purpose. The oldest deliberate fossil collection ever found. #Paleontology #RomanBritain #Archaeology https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-man-who-picked-up-a-dead-sea
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https://www.europesays.com/britain/58095/ Metal Detectorist Finds Rare Roman Gold Ring Buried During Britain’s Imperial Breakaway #AncientBritain #Britain #GoldRing #MetalDetecting #RomanBritain #RomanEmpire #Somerset #VictoriaGoddess
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/1012124/ Metal Detectorist Finds Rare Roman Gold Ring Buried During Britain’s Imperial Breakaway #AncientBritain #Britain #England #GoldRing #GreatBritain #MetalDetecting #NorthernIreland #RomanBritain #RomanEmpire #Scotland #Somerset #UK #UnitedKingdom #VictoriaGoddess #Wales
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The amphitheater at Silchester, Roman Britain, ~250 AD
https://piefed.social/c/historyart/p/2122394/the-amphitheater-at-silchester-roman-britain-250-ad
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New Open Access E-book: Roman Camps in Scotland
As a northern frontier zone, subject to repeated incursions by the Roman army, Scotland possesses a wide range of temporary Roman military camps.
First published in 2011, Roman Camps in Scotland discusses the field evidence & Roman army campaigns, with each of the camps described & illustrated in a gazetteer.
https://www.socantscot.org/news/new-open-access-e-book-roman-camps-in-scotland/
#Scotland #history #archaeology #Roman #RomanHistory #RomanArchaeology #RomanBritain #IronAge #IronAgeBritain
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An Ancient Egyptian Vessel Surfaces in Roman Britain, Sparking Questions of Identity
An ancient Egyptian-style glass bottle was found in York, Roman Britain. It may have been used for kohl and suggests Egyptian presence.
#RomanBritain, #AncientEgypt, #YorkArchaeology, #GlassBottle, #KohlContainer
https://newsletter.tf/egyptian-bottle-roman-britain-york-kohl/
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A glass bottle found in York, Roman Britain, looks very similar to ancient Egyptian kohl containers. This is unusual for Britain.
#RomanBritain, #AncientEgypt, #YorkArchaeology, #GlassBottle, #KohlContainer
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Haggling with a butcher in Roman Britain (Peter Jackson)
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Cutaway of Chedworth Roman Villa, Roman Britain, 380 AD - 390 AD (Stephen Conlin)
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Cutaway of a tower on Hadrian's Wall, Roman Britain, 2nd century AD (Philip Corke)
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Rare Roman Cup Found in Spain Names Four Forts From Hadrian’s Wall Nearly 2,000 Kilometers Away
3D reconstruction of the newly found Roman cup. Credit: 3D Stoa – Archaeology and Heritage/Cambridge University Press A…
#Spain #ES #Europe #Europa #EU #AncientHistory #Archaeology #BerlangaCup #Britannia #bronzeartifacts #Celtiberia #Hadrian’sWall #MuseoNumantino #RomanBritain #RomanEmpire #Romanforts #RomanSpain
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Roman cup found in Spain reveals new link to Hadrian’s Wall and Roman soldiers
A bronze cup found in central Spain is giving archaeologists a new view of Roman military life and…
#Spain #ES #Europe #Europa #EU #Hadrian’sWall #RomanArchaeology #RomanArt #RomanBritain
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Roman cup found in Spain reveals new link to Hadrian’s Wall and Roman soldiers https://www.byteseu.com/1975745/ #Hadrian'sWall #RomanArchaeology #RomanArt #RomanBritain #Spain
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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
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Roman villa at Chedworth, UK, 4th century AD
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Ruins of Post-Roman Canterbury, (formerly) Roman Britain
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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/