Entertainments in #RomanBritain included gladiatorial contests, as displayed on the 'gladiator' vase from #Colchester, where the combatants are named as Memnon and Valentinus. #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #Gladiator #games

This powerful mosaic shows a lion dragging off a stag it’s slain. The lion’s tail has been cropped by the right edge of the mosaic, which may mean the hunting centrepiece was commissioned & made elsewhere, & then cut to size to fit in a pre-planned design 🕰️c180AD 🏛️Verulanium Museum 📷me #MosaicMonday

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Decorative details from a painted plaster mural from Roman York (Eboracum). The mural has been re-assembled where it originally stood in the crypt of York Minster - the site of the Roman headquarters basilica. 📷 My own. #FrescoFriday #RomanBritain #YorkMinster

The ‘Colchester Mercury’ - a bronze statue of the god Mercury found during ploughing at Gosbecks Farm, 3 miles south of Colchester on the site of a Romano-Celtic temple. Found just after WW2, the statue is now part of the collections at Colchester Castle. 📸 My own #FindsFriday

This dragonesque brooch is typically Romano-British. While they only started appearing after the Roman invasion in 43AD, they use British motifs & reflect local tastes. These brooches were also used as fasteners for cloaks (the pin is sadly now missing). 🕰️C1-2AD 🏛️📷BM #FindsFriday

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This Roman gameboard and checkers, used to play a game called Ludus Latrunculorum, was discovered at Bearsden Roman fort in Glasgow. Although we don't fully understand the rules, the name means 'the game of robbers'. You can see it now in the Hunterian Museum at Glasgow University. #FindsFriday

Emperor Caracalla didn't do power sharing. After murdering his brother and co-emperor Geta, he ordered Geta's name to be wiped from the record - including this inscription from Caerleon which is now in the excellent National Roman Legion Museum. 📷my own (More details in ALT text) #RomanArchaeology

The Olga Road mosaic (3rd-4th cent.) in Dorset Museum, Dorchester is one of the few in Britain that you can walk over. Its original site was a house sitting outside the Roman city walls. The two-handled drinking cup (cantharus) may have been a symbol of the boozy deity Bacchus. #MosaicMonday

"We built this!" Slab set up by the Legion XX Valeria Victrix marking the construction of High Rochester fort (Bremenium) north of Hadrian's Wall in Redesdale, Northumberland. Now in the Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle. (More details in ALT text.) #EpigraphyTuesday 📷my own 2025

An animal encounter for #ReliefWednesday. This image of a dog confronting a lion is at the National Roman Legion Museum, in Caerleon, Wales. 📷my own 2024 #RomanArchaeology

#ReliefWednesday 🏺 Mithraic tauroctony from Housesteads #Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall. In the mystical cave, Mithras, accompanied by torchbearers, kills the bull in an act of creation as scorpion, snake and dog creep, slither and leap up to catch the blood. In Newcastle's Great North Museum Hancock

#Roman Enamelled bronze dress fasteners on display Caerleon 📸 My own. #RomanBritain #Archaeology #History

The emperor Claudius, who initiated the #Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43. Obverse: TI.CLAVD.CAESAR.AVG.P.M.TR.P.VI.IMP.XI Reverse: DE BRITANN The successful conquest of #Britain in AD 43 was not celebrated on the coinage until this issue of AD 46-47.

#Roman Enamelled bronze dress fasteners on display Caerleon 📸 My own. #RomanBritain #Archaeology #History

The emperor Claudius, who initiated the #Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43. Obverse: TI.CLAVD.CAESAR.AVG.P.M.TR.P.VI.IMP.XI Reverse: DE BRITANN The successful conquest of #Britain in AD 43 was not celebrated on the coinage until this issue of AD 46-47.

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The #Roman wall at #StAlbans formerly the Roman city of #Verulamium . #Boudica sacked Verulamium during her rebellion alongside #Londinium ( #London) and #Camulodunum ( #Colchester). #RomanBritain #EnglishHeritage

#FindsFriday Found at Usk (Brynbuga) on display at Caerleon Legionary Museum Bronze cooking pan (trulleus) Of Italian or Gaulish manufacture Mid-1st century AD. Padell goginio efydd (trulleus) Cynhyrchwyd yn yr Eidal neu Gâl Canol y ganrif 1af OC #Archaeology #RomanBritain

#FrescoFriday Excavations carried out in the 1970s at Kingscote, 18 km WSW of #Cirencester found tiny fragments of wall plaster. They portrayed #Venus with #Mars and #Cupid. #RomanBritain #Archaeology

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Iron Age bling-blingity-bling on show in York NOW !! 😍 #Chariot #Findsfriday 👇👇👇

This glass bowl has had quite the journey. Made by Italian glassblowers sometime in the late 1st century BC, it made its way to Britain before the Romans even arrived and ended up buried at Stanway in what archaeologists call the Warrior's Burial, carefully placed inside a wood box around AD 40–50.

#RomanSiteSaturday Occasionally a civitas #capital was elevated to the rank of municipium and its people were granted #Roman or Latin rights. #Verulamium is the only town in #Britain referred to in ancient sources directly as a municipium by Tacitus #RomanArchaeology #History

The remains of the foundations of Piercebridge Roman Bridge in County Durham that once carried Dere Street (the Roman road that linked York with Corbridge) across the River Tees. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #Piercebridge

Shrine to the goddess #Minerva, Edgar's Field, #Chester. Second century (with modern surround), carved on a quarry wall; the only one to survive in situ in Britain. You can find it in Handbridge, just across the Old Dee Bridge from the city centre. #RomanSiteSaturday #Cheshire #RomanBritain 📷 mine

A horned god with spear and shield - a local god from Roman Maryport in Cumbria. The relief is now part of the collections at Senhouse Roman Museum in Maryport, Cumbria. 📸 My own. #ReliefWednesday #RomanBritain #Maryport #Cumbria

A wooden reconstruction of a Milecastle gateway and section of Hadrian’s Wall at Vindolanda Roman Fort and Museum. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #Vindolanda

Inlaid brass pattern from an iron sword depicting Mars, the Roman god of war. The sword was part of a votive hoard found at Arbeia Roman Fort in South Shields on South Tyneside. 📸 My own. #RomanBritain #ArbeiaRomanFort

For #RomanFortThursday a view of the distant line of Hadrian's Wall on the rainy horizon courtesy of Bods. #RomanBritain #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology

Less ‘shoes and rice’, more ‘keys and dice’! Some great examples from #Roman Canterbury (Durovernum Cantiacorum). And congratulations to anyone getting married today ❤️ 📷 Us, Canterbury Roman Museum #FindsFriday #skystorians #ancientbluesky #AncientRome #RomanBritain #archaeology #classicsbluesky

Made from ivory, this #mask once decorated a box or piece of furniture which was placed in a #Roman grave near #Caerleon. The figure is a representation of tragedy and wears the pilleus the freedman's cap; a symbol of freedom. #Archaeology #RomanBritain #History 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Remains of the Roman Fort at Ambleside in the Lake District. Built during the 2nd century AD, the fort guarded the Roman road from Brougham to Ravenglass, and replaced an earlier 1st century fort. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #Ambleside #Cumbria

And now, live from Richborough, the Romans have landed. #RomanSiteSaturday #PlaymobilInfestation

The ‘Cramond Lioness’ which was discovered at the mouth of the River Almond at Cramond in Edinburgh. The sculpture was possibly part of a memorial connected to Cramond Roman Fort. Now part of the collections at the National Museum of Scotland. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday

A fierce grumpy dolphin with vicious teeth and red streamers for #MosaicMonday From a floor in the wonderful @bignorvilla.bsky.social West #Sussex Found in 1811, this angry tessellated chap was originally one of many onsite #Roman mosaic cetaceans Sadly, he's now the sole survivor 🐬 📷 April 2025

Pottery cup fragment from Roman Peterborough (Durobrivae) depicting a magnificent hare. Now part of the collections at Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery. 📸 My own. #RomanBritain #Peterborough

Came across this rather nice example of a 1st century (C.AD10-65), copper alloy, Roman belt buckle while doing some research on the PAS database, surprisingly complete! Take a look at the record for more info. finds.org.uk/database/art... #Roman #Archaeology #RomanArmy #SmallFinds #RomanBritain

Detail from the ‘Four Season Mosaic’ depicting ‘Spring’ from Roman York (Eboracum). The mosaic was discovered in 1853 at Tanners Row in York, and is now part of the collections at the Yorkshire Museum. 📸 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain #YorkshireMuseum

1st century AD building stone inscribed with the name of the 20th Legion from Maryport Roman Fort in Cumbria. Part of the collections at Senhouse Roman Museum in Maryport. 📸 My own. #EpigraphyTuesday #RomanBritain #Maryport

Relief from Roman Cirencester (Corinium) depicting three Genii Cucullati and a seated mother goddess. The relief was found at the site of the Police Station in Cirencester, and is now part of the collections at The Corinium Museum. 📸 My own. #ReliefWednesday #RomanBritain

The remains of the north gate at Chesters Roman Fort on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #Chesters

The remains of a semi-circular tower that formed part of the east gateway to Roman Lincoln (Lindum). It was one of two which flanked two arched gateways. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #Lincoln