Paul Coby

I am delighted that ⁦@penswordbooks⁩ have today published my book ‘Forts and Roman Strategy’. #roman #history

@JasperNP Oh dear!!!

⚠ The Town of Jasper and Jasper National Park have been evacuated due to active wildfires. ⚠ ⚠ The Town of Jasper and Jasper National Park are closed and compliance with the evacuation order is critical. ⚠

@museecluny @TourJSP We could go

Comment se déroulait un rendez-vous chez le médecin au Moyen Âge ? Avec quoi fabriquait-t-on les médicaments ? 👩‍⚕️💊 À travers six grands thèmes, explorez l'histoire du monde médical dans l'exposition #SanteAuMoyenAge à la @TourJSP !

@RichardBalls @NorwichLanes @NorwichNow Gosh I should go I guess. P

Fancy picking up some book bargains? The Feed The Minds Book Fair is back at St Andrew's Church in #Norwich from 10am on Thursday 13 July until Saturday 15 July. Replenish your reading pile and support a good cause. @NorwichLanes @NorwichNow

@_RomanBritain @CATRomanCircus Yes it is

#onthisday 1974, TRD 3B G-AWZX operated the first @British_Airways service, dep MLA at 02:30Z and arr LHR at 04:32Z. Flight no. was BE313 as BA ED did not adopt BAXXX codes until several years after merger with BOAC, and appropriately Zulu Xray was still in basic BEA colours!

Celebrating with Annie the current Head of Branch and some previous Heads of Branch 40 years since @JohnLewisRetail took over Bonds of Norwich. How time flies!

Remains and reconstruction of one of the turning points in Colchester Roman Circus @ Colchester, Essex instagram.com/p/CohyLDBK1jb/…

Model of Roman Circus or chariot racing stadium at #colchesterromancircus visitor centre. Unique in Britain built first part of C1. @ Roman Circus Visitor Centre instagram.com/p/Cohxz7KqZUf/…

Emperor Antoninus Pius bust from #malaga @ Málaga, Spain instagram.com/p/CohxTgQKJle/…

Bishops’s Palace #malaga built 1762 @ Málaga Cathedral instagram.com/p/CohwreUKkYo/…

C6th BCE Phoenician Walls in the basement of the Picasso Museum #malaga @ Museo Picasso Málaga instagram.com/p/Cohv2fZK7wW/…

C6th BCE Archaic Greek helmet found in warrior grave of Phoenician City of #malaga @ Málaga, Spain instagram.com/p/Cohu6wIKxbf/…

#RomanSiteSaturday: the public latrines in #Ostia are among the best-preserved #Roman latrines. The benches are made of marble, they run along three walls - no stalls, there was no privacy in toilets in Roman times. #RomanArchaeology

St. Melangell, tucked into the Berwyn Mountains in Powys, Wales sits within an older circular churchyard of ancient origin. Some of the yew trees there are 2000 years old.

Yesterday the HotTopics Team set off to do the first recce of the year at Abbey Road Studios! 🎉 They simply could not resist a picture across the famous zebra crossing! 📸 Join us in-person or virtually for our biggest event yet! here: hubs.ly/Q01zKkLR0

“Trainspotting unites my family – we share the pleasure of intricate details.” This, by writer @PatienceAgbabi is one of the most genuinely delightful accounts of trainspotting that I’ve read in recent years. theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

A section of wheel ruts cut into the limestone which Malta has many examples, dating is difficult but many seem to date from the late Bronze Age onwards but there are more questions than answers about these tracks #Malta

Don’t forget that tomorrow (31st January) is St Wilgils’ Day. Wilgils of #Ripon (also known as Wilgisl and Hilgis) was a C7th saint and hermit of Anglo-Saxon England and father of St Willibrord. How will you be celebrating?

The much photographed Asinelli and Garisenda ‘Two Towers’ in #bologna from late C11th. Built for defence and to show off - just like today! 97m and 47m heigh @ Bologna Centro Storico instagram.com/p/Cn_-i8CKy92/…

Nice image I saw floating around aimlessly on FB 'Checkpoint at limes' the artist is J. Goetze. 'Limes' being a frontier or 'limit' the kit worn by the Roman soldiers, mostly the officer's helmet indicates this is in the 3rd century C.E. and that they could be equites of auxilia