Roman Britain News

The ‘Shell Mosaic’ from Fishbourne Roman Palace in West Sussex. Dating from the mid-third century AD, the mosaic depicts two scallop shells either side of the central panel. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain 📸 My own.

‘Incredibly rare’ discovery reveals bedbugs came to Britain with the #Romans. 📰: theguardian.com/environment/20… #RomanBritain #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Bedbugs

Chichester: Plan to rebuild temple to #Roman goddess. 📰: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan… #RomanBritain #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Sussex

Investigating a polygonal #Roman temple within the tree-covered hillfort of Chanctonbury Ring #WestSussex with Dave Rudling @ArchSouthEast Dec 1990 A small piece of original floor survived in the entrance to the temple (just above the step ladder in the photos) #MosaicMonday

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Went for a walk at Halnaker yesterday. A lot of the leaves had fallen but it was still beautiful. I actually reduced the saturation on these - it looked almost unreal. We arrived just after the sun rose. Gorgeous morning. #Halnaker #RomanRoad #StaneStreet #Sussex #Kinsey

Hope you have a great Christmas from everyone at @villa_north We have had over 1,500 visitors this year, a record. 2024 will hopefully see some exciting renovations. This is an open site so it makes a great visit throughout the holiday period.

The remains of two buildings at Vindolanda in Northumberland which have been identified as mausoleums. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #Vindolanda 📷 My own.

Police build #Roman road out of cocaine hidden in frozen chicken. metro.co.uk/2023/12/20/coc… #RomanBritain #RomanRoad #FrozenChicken

Silver #Roman ring found in the #Cotswolds declared treasure. 📰: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan… #RomanBritain #Gloucestershire #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #FindsFriday

Cattle skull used for target practice likely by #Roman auxiliary archers. Found at @VindolandaTrust #RomanBritain

Analysis of man's remains from Cambridgeshire #RomanoBritish farmstead suggest he originated from area that is now #Ukraine. 📰: huntspost.co.uk/news/23997908.… #RomanBritain #Cambridgeshire #RomanArchaeology #A14 #OffordCluny #Archaeology

Romans in the North of England by Paul Chrystal Get the book at our special price if ordered before Christmas! destinworld.com/product/romans… #romans #romanhistory #romanbritain #romanbooks #booksaboutromans #theromans

Samian bowl with graffiti-180-260 AD This communal bowl is inscribed with names of individuals who may have been members of a guild. ..(1/2) ‘LVCIVS LVCIANVS (I)VLI DIANTVS VICTOR VICTORICVS VICTORINA VAS COMMVNIS’. 📷May #EpigraphyTuesday #RomanBritain #Roman #Archaeology

Io Saturnalia to one and all 😀 #RomanBritain #RomanScotland #classicstwitter #iosaturnalia

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We see a lot of fragmentary Roman roof tile, but near-complete examples like this are few and far between! This recent find is from a late Roman sunken-featured building (SFB) bordering a small Romano-British trackway in Kent. #FindsFriday #RomanBritain #Archaeology

A very delicate penannular brooch (Fowler Type C). Late Iron Age to Early Roman & found alongside some very late Roman Pottery and already regarded an antique (& appreciated) when it went in the ground. #FindsFriday #RomanBritain #Romanfinds #Romanarchaeology

📖 On the 50th anniversary of the Vindolanda tablets’ discovery, travel back in time to life at the edge of an empire ow.ly/sBlC50QipXA

#Roman enclosures are common in #Oxfordshire; more unusual is finding they contain a cattle skull deposited upside down, accompanied by a lump of quartz crystals... Our Milton Keynes team excavated these delights plus this excellent little penannular brooch at 'Broken Furrow' and, we can’t lie, it’s slightly giving ‘reduced budget on that fourth Indiana Jones movie’ 💀 Grace explains how this combo of objects might have ended up together, here: cotswoldarchaeology.co.uk/enclosure-ditc… #IsItRitual? 🤔 #Archaeology #CASiteTeam