#Mosaic from #RomanBritain, features #Bacchus riding on a #tiger rather than the usual spotted leopard, referring to the myth that the god visited #India. Discovered during building work on the premises of the east India Company in 1803 Leadenhall Street, London. #MosaicMonday

Detail of an opus signinum (pink tile and mortar) #Roman floor with black and white tesserae roundels and crosslets Simple but effective 😍 From a 2nd century AD townhouse at Watling Court #London dug in 1978 and in the collection of London Museum (opening later this year 🤞) 📷 2021 #MosaicMonday

Fighting erotes (cupids) from Bignor #Roman Villa in W. Sussex. One is dressed as a retarius gladiator (net and trident) and the other as a secutor (sword and shield). 3rd/4th century #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain

It's the Winter Olympics, so here's a mosaic of a Roman who is *definitely* skiing. ⛷️👍 #MosaicMonday

#Mosaic from #RomanBritain, features #Bacchus riding on a #tiger rather than the usual spotted leopard, referring to the myth that the god visited #India. Discovered during building work on the premises of the east India Company in 1803 Leadenhall Street, London. #MosaicMonday

#MosaicMonday Lullingstone villa #mosaics - The mosaic shows famous scenes from #Greek and #Roman #mythology: the hero Bellerophon riding the winged horse Pegasus to defeat the Chimera. A scene of Europa cleverly depicted in a simple, yet effective linear style.  #History #art #RomanBritain

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#RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hiding in plain sight - a tiny stretch of the Antonine Wall ditch at Bantaskin in Falkirk. The stone base of the Roman wall was excavated here in 1976, but then destroyed to make way for a new road. #RomanSiteSaturday

The rebuilt foundations of three buildings that formed part of the settlement (vicus) that developed around the Roman fort at Manchester (Mamucium). The foundations and reconstructed North Gate are located in the Castlefield area of the city. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday

#RomanSiteSaturday Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery's photo dioramas at the entrance to their Roman gallery don't muck about on the subject of the brutality of the Roman conquest.. ⚔️ Huge changes for the Cornovii tribe 1,970 years ago..😬🫣 📷 My own, yesterday

Bronze #cooking pan (trulleus) the handle is stamped with the names of the Gaulish maker Maturus and that of the 1st Thracian cavalry regiment. Found in a well of an officer's house on the museum site #Isca Caerleon #RomanBritain #Roman #Archaeology #Wales

Bronze #cooking pan (trulleus) the handle is stamped with the names of the Gaulish maker Maturus and that of the 1st Thracian cavalry regiment. Found in a well of an officer's house on the museum site #Isca Caerleon #RomanBritain #Roman #Archaeology #Wales

I’ve been there! really enjoyed the museum.

#RomanBritain #History www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#MosaicMonday Hunting dogs from a mosaic - Cirencester. This mosaic was found under Dyer Street, in 1849, inspiring the creation of the first #Corinium Museum. In the centre, three #dogs converge on their prey. #RomanBritain #Archaeology #History

Visiting the excellent Dicket Mead #Roman villa bathhouse beneath the busy A1(M) in Welwyn, Hertfordshire with Kris Lockyear @welwynarchsoc.bsky.social Can almost touch the underfloor heating... Time for a bit of long distance pilae-prodding? (apologies, that sounds sooo wrong 😬) #Hypocaustgate

It was common to detach a #centurion from their units and use them in #taxation, #police, or other administrative capacities. At #Bath a centurion called Gaius Severius Emeritus tells us on an altar, of repair work on a vandalised monument near Bath. (Aquae Sulis) #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain

One of the best preserved sections of the Antonine Wall, just west of Rough Castle Fort, near Falkirk. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #AntonineWall

A surviving section of the late 3rd c AD Roman wall of VERVLAMIVM, municipium of the Catuvellauni, looking out to the medieval abbey church and later catherdral of St Alban, martyred here in the early 4th 📷 Jan 2026 #Hertfordshire #RomanSiteSaturday

#RomanSiteSaturday The remains of the hypocaust floor in the bath suite at Wroxeter. 📸My own. and yes I went and stood in it ! 👀🤣 #Archaeology #History

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #RomanBritain

#RomanBritain 🧐 Detectorist who 'dug up Roman brooch' actually bought it on eBay - BBC News share.google/HBxCBOufSfwx...

Forden Gaer was a #Roman fort which lies on the Roman road between Wroxeter and Caersws. #RomanfortThursday #Archaeology #RomanBritain

@durotrigesdig.bsky.social, @tessmachling.bsky.social: we've got a new ring tone for you. #Carnyx www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (1hr 47min 10sec - sound on)

More on the stunning Iron Age carnyx found in #Norfolk with boar standard and shield bosses 👇👇👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Found by PreConstruct Archaeology and featuring in episode 2 of the new series of #DiggingForBritain with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social on BBC2 Wowzers 🤩

The new Norfolk Iron Age carnyx find featured on #DiggingForBritain with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social is beyond spectacular, dating to that crucial period for the Iceni between Caesar’s expeditions & Boudica’s rebellion. Already my find of the decade, today is a day to worship the carnyx… 1/…

Let's take a moment to think about all those people who chose today to announce the fact they didn't discover a carnyx. 🙏😢🥰 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A sea-panther from the amazing Orphic mosaic at Littlecote #Roman Villa, Wiltshire. c.AD 350 - 365. 📸 me #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain

This Roman mosaic floor was found during excavations of a townhouse outside the walls of Colchester. Created in the 2nd century, it was poorly repaired with pink mortar just before the house was demolished c. AD 300. It is now on display in Colchester Castle @colmuseums.bsky.social #MosaicMonday

There have been various discussions of the interpretation of this phrase for many years (and that with his feline friend), and one possibility is that this is the bull's name - 'the bull called man-killer' - rather than just a description. Seems likely, I think.

#MosaicMonday Rudchester. #Rudston villa. A panel from the 'Venus' mosaic, depicting #Taurus Omicida, 'The man killing bull'. The crescent on a stick is a symbol of a North African circus team of animal-killers. #RomanBritain #Archaeology

#MosaicMonday The Fordington mosaic, also known as the Fordington High Street mosaic, is a Roman floor mosaic from the 2nd century AD, found in Fordington, Dorchester in England, in what was once Durnovaria. It depicts Oceanus, marine life, and the ocean. #RomanBritain #Archaeology

#RomanSiteSaturday Caerwent - The basilica occupied one side of the forum. This building was huge, measuring 260 ft long and 182 ft wide. The basilica was used for civic events. It must have dwarfed other buildings, standing roughly 65 ft high. #VentaSilurum #RomanBritain #Archaeology

Romano-British #Christianity: a #silver strainer with Chi Rho monogram on the handle, found at Water Newton, dating to the fourth century. #Roman #RomanArchaeology #romanbritain

Romano-British #Christianity: a #silver strainer with Chi Rho monogram on the handle, found at Water Newton, dating to the fourth century. #Roman #RomanArchaeology #romanbritain

#RomanSiteSaturday Caerwent - The basilica occupied one side of the forum. This building was huge, measuring 260 ft long and 182 ft wide. The basilica was used for civic events. It must have dwarfed other buildings, standing roughly 65 ft high. #VentaSilurum #RomanBritain #Archaeology

Northumberland fort's large Roman shoes to go on display www.bbc.com/news/article...

My photo shows the decorated rear and handle of a Roman bronze mirror, dated AD 50-70. The mirror was discovered in a pit during excavation of a Roman Villa in Devon. Roman mirror ‘glass’ was typically highly polished tin or silver. #FindsFriday #RomanBritain #Archaeology 📸 my own.

Head of the pin in the form of a #Roman lady An intricate bust of a Roman lady has been carved into this #hairpin from the Roman town of Caerwent, south-east #Wales. #VentaSilurum #RomanBritain #FindsFriday #Archaeology

The 1st century Hawkedon Helmet (plus reconstructed face-guard), for a 'provocator' class of gladiator. It is one of the highlights of the #GladiatorsofBritain exhibition at the Grosvenor Museum in #Chester, open until Jan 25th. Recommended. #RomanBritain #Gladiators 📷 mine

#FindsFriday A cast copper alloy trumpet brooch dating from the early #Roman period, that is c. AD75-175. The brooch is in excellent condition with body, spring, pin and foot still intact.  Findspot Cumbria. FindID: 623650 (see Alt for more)👇 #Archaeology #History #AncientBlueSky🏺

One of the best preserved sections of the Antonine Wall, just west of Rough Castle Roman Fort, near Falkirk. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #AntonineWall

'Emperor Caesar Nerva #Trajan Augustus. Conqueror of #Germany, son of the #God #Nerva, high priest, with tribunician power, father of his country, consul for the third time the 2nd Augustan #Legion dedicates this.' #RomanBritain #Isca #Caerleon #Archaeology #EpigraphyTuesday

A nice feature on this one is that the consular number has clearly been edited. Note the misaligned final digit and the obvious extension to the lintel mark. Perhaps reflecting that the stone was shipped in AD 99, but by the time it arrived, Trajan had begun his third consular term.

Oceanus, with lobsters emerging from his forehead, vomits up two dolphins Was he *being sick on porpoise*? (apologies) Detail from a 4th century floor found at Withington #Roman villa #Gloucestershire and lifted in 1812 📷 © The Trustees of the British Museum Happy last #MosaicMonday of the year

Oceanus ... or Neptune? I've recently argued that he's the latter in this article available on open access if you're craving some post-Christmas brain food! dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/jmr/a...

This charming crab is waving goodbye to 2025. One of many marine images around a lost figure of Neptune (a wheel from his chariot survived) under what is now Gloucester House in Dyer Street, Cirencester. This image was the most popular of my #MosaicMonday offerings this year! #AncientBlueSky 🏺

Can be seen in the county museum..