Roman villa with swimming pool marked out in Hemel Hempstead - BBC News www.bbc.com/news/article...

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#MosaicMonday one of the four seasons depicted in the mosaic found at Caerwent, #Newport. #RomanBritain

#Silchester #amphitheatre looking through one of the entrances. A stone revetment wall contained the seating banks which were probably fitted with wooden seats. The visible remains belong to the early 3rdC AD but at least 2 predecessors lie underneath. #RomanBritain #Archaeology #RomanSiteSaturday

Britain's economy thrived after the withdrawal of the Roman Empire. We had thought industries collapsed when the Romans left Britain, but archaeological evidence tells a different story.

Scholars long assumed that when Roman rule over Britain collapsed around A.D. 400, the island's economy tanked. But new analysis at an ancient metal processing site in Yorkshire suggests: maybe not. archaeology.org/news/2025/09/15/britains-economy-remained-surprisingly-robust-after-roman-collapse/

The amazing Roman pharos (lighthouse) at Dover, still standing after almost 2,000 years! 🤩 The tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD. 📷 by me #RomanSiteSaturday #Archaeology

The skeleton was located away from a nearby #Roman cemetery & its position suggested that it had been thrown into a ditch rather than buried. The head & upper vertebrae were missing; this could have resulted from digging of a ditch for modern services. #Archaeology #FindsFriday #History (4/4)

Forced labour and enslavement were features of the #Roman Empire. This discovery of this shackled skeleton has been the first of its type in #Britain and researchers believe that it is the ‘clearest’ case of burial of an enslaved individual found in the UK. (3/4)👇 #FindsFriday #RomanBritain #History

However in 2015 builders came across the #bones when they were constructing a conservatory at a house in Great Casterton. #Police were called and subsequent radiocarbon dating showed the remains were from between AD226 to AD427! (2/4) 👇 #FindsFriday #Archaeology #History

#FindsFriday It’s no great surprise to find #Roman remains if you dig in your garden at Great Casterton. The crossing point of the River Gwash was the location of a fort and the next significant town north of Durobrivae on Ermine Street. A 🧵(1/4) #Archaeology #History👇

#MosaicMonday #Roman mosaic from a villa in East Coker (southwest England). The object dates to the 4th century CE. On the mosaic, we see two hunters carrying a hunted deer and a hunting dog. #History #AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #RomanBritain

On display in the excellent Museum of Somerset.

#MosaicMonday #Roman mosaic from a villa in East Coker (southwest England). The object dates to the 4th century CE. On the mosaic, we see two hunters carrying a hunted deer and a hunting dog. #History #AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #RomanBritain

They forgot the obligatory „archeologists were stunned/ shocked”

#RomanBritain #Archaeology #History 👇 www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/2546081...

Is it #FindsFriday already? 😮 Spectacular La Tene bi-metal plaques unearthed by picnickers in 1963 from under a boulder on the slopes of Cader Idris mountain in north Wales. Pretty lucky! Part of the spectacular Late Iron Age Talyllyn hoard 🤩. Now on display in National Museum St Fagans 📷 My own

#RomanFortThursday On the edge of an East Manchester modern housing estate, on a prominence overlooking the valley below, stands the well defined outline of a Flavian Roman fort. It was on a road out of Mamucium #Roman fort, heading eastwards. (See.Alt) #Archaeology #History

Today's love from the Roman world! Next week, to Campania! Stay tuned!!!

A few recent bunk “discoveries” have convinced me that drawing alignment lines on maps is usually bad practice. Sites were often aligned with physical features (e.g. entrances or avenues), but you can find alignments to landscape features pretty much anywhere… 🧐 #archaeology

This cute little chapel in Langon, Brittany is actually a repurposed Roman bathhouse thought to date to the 4th century. Inside it can be found an ancient fresco of Venus emerging from the waves (although I didn't get to see that as it was locked on the date I visited...). #RomanSiteSaturday.

Join Meg and Jon over on #instagram as they discover and discuss a stunning #Roman military incised gemstone (intaglio) found at the fort of Waddon Hill #Dorset ##RomanSiteSaturday #Stratmates #Archaeology 👇👇 www.instagram.com/reel/DOOciQD...

People of Perthshire! Why not coming along to a free event next Wednesday (10 September) to hear Andrew Tibbs @romanscotland.bsky.social and I discuss all things Roman Scotland - taking place at Waterstones Perth and starting at 6pm: www.waterstones.com/events/roman... #RomanSiteSaturday

Timeless humour! A 2,000 year-old Roman souvenir pen with a joke inscription roughly equivalent to: “I went to Rome and all I got you was this cheap pen!" 😂 Dated circa 70 AD, this iron stylus pen was recovered in London during excavations by MOLA. 📷 Juan Jose Fuldain/MOLA #Archaeology

Remains of a hypocaust system from the West Baths - part of the Roman bathing complex at Bath. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #RomanBath

A #Roman #ship was found in 1910 on the site of the County Hall, on the south bank of the River #Thames opposite #Westminster, #London. The ship had been abandoned at the edge of the River. The construction of the ship is dated to about 300 AD. #RomanBritain #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky🏛️

Ivory plaques, National Roman Legion Museum Caerleon. Dancing Maenad and Cupid & a Tragic mask. Both have been adapted, perhaps as ornements for a woman's work-box. Probably for a burial 2nd-3rd century A.D. #Isca #Wales #Archaeology #romanbritain

#Roman government could not function without communication and provisions. Mansiones or #inns provided a place to stay and freshen up on route. It is believed #Augustus instituted them for officials. A few examples may have been found at #Silchester & #Wanborough. #RomanBritain #Archaeology

#RomanSiteSaturday Segontium #Roman Fort, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, #Wales. The fort has had an interesting 20th C #history. The site was saved from builders in 1913, excavated by (Sir) Mortimer Wheeler from 1920-23. Segontium Roman Fort (Barrack Blocks) 📸 A Fryer. #Archaeology #RomanBritain

'Coloniae' were founded by Rome in conquered territory, by establishing a #town together with land around it. #Britain had at least four: #Colchester, #Gloucester #Lincoln and #York. Each retired #soldier was allocated land within and outside the town. #RomanBritain #Archaeology #History

Bremenium Roman Fort was an important Roman outpost and garrison located beyond the major fortifications of Hadrian’s Wall, near modern-day Rochester in Northumberland. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain

One of my favourites - an amazing site!

Bremenium Roman Fort was an important Roman outpost and garrison located beyond the major fortifications of Hadrian’s Wall, near modern-day Rochester in Northumberland. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain

Aldborough - Isurium Brigantum.  The town was established sometime after 74 A.D when the #Romans established themselves in Northern #Britain, following an uprising by the #Brigantes tribe. Section of walls remain and #mosaics. #Romanbritain #ancientbluesky #Archaeology #History #Towns

When you're heading to a meeting in Edinburgh and stumble across @classicalalan.bsky.social 👇

Aldborough - Isurium Brigantum.  The town was established sometime after 74 A.D when the #Romans established themselves in Northern #Britain, following an uprising by the #Brigantes tribe. Section of walls remain and #mosaics. #Romanbritain #ancientbluesky #Archaeology #History #Towns

#RomanSiteSaturday Segontium #Roman Fort, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, #Wales. The fort has had an interesting 20th C #history. The site was saved from builders in 1913, excavated by (Sir) Mortimer Wheeler from 1920-23. Segontium Roman Fort (Barrack Blocks) 📸 A Fryer. #Archaeology #RomanBritain

#FrescoFriday - Leicester. Wall-painting from a 2nd century house close to the basilica, depicting fantasy architecture with decorative motifs. Finds like this are exceptional in #Britain but were probably typical of well-to-do town houses in major towns by this date #romanbritain #Archaeology

Thought I’d share some pictures from my trip to Arbeia, the Roman fort at South Shields. thelandofcounterpane.blogspot.com/2025/08/no-f...

Looking north up to Housesteads Roman Fort. #hadrianswall #followtheacorn #RomanFortThursday

Lecturing on a cruise next week and stopped off in Manchester for a night and had to see this gorgeous recreation of a Roman fort gatehouse

The remains of the Roman fort bath-house at Barr Hill on the Antonine Wall, near Twechar in East Dunbartonshire. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanScotland #BarrHill

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, South Tyneside. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #ArbeiaRomanFort

#RomanFortThursday – Saalburg, near Frankfurt — reconstruction of a 2nd–3rd c. fort on the Upper German Limes. Home to the Cohors II Raetorum, it was rebuilt in 1897 after excavations. Today it’s a museum & #UNESCO site, letting you step into the life of a Roman garrison town 1,800 years ago.

Hadrian's Wall meeting the northwest corner of Housesteads Roman Fort. Wall mile 36. #RomanFortThursday #hadrianswall #followtheacorn

22 altars & 16,000 coins given to water goddess, #Coventina, in the Roman period in Britain were found with other votive objects in the well built for her at Carrawburgh (Brocolitia) Roman Fort. Titus D Cosconianus, Prefect of first cohort of Batavians set this up. #EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology

🧵/7 Just a short way to the north east, Caister Roman Fort (didn't we say we loved a tautology..!) This does not survive in its entirety but a section of the vallum & the building blocks from within do #RomanFortThursday 🏺AncientBluesky

The incredible remains of the bathhouse complex at Roman Binchester (Vinovia), near Bishop Auckland in County Durham. The bathhouse formed part of the extensive vicus settlement that developed to the north and west of the Roman fort. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain

🧵/2 It's hard not to get excited about a Roman fort when its walls have survived this well! Was also seeing this as part of my drive to show my nephew Roman Britain so was fun to see him vibing with it too #RomanFortThursday

One of the oldest surviving handwritten documents from Britain! A 1,900 year-old business letter from Octavius to Candidus at Vindolanda Roman fort urgently asking him for cash to settle a balance. A glimpse of life on the Roman Empire’s northern frontier. 📷 by me #RomanFortThursday #Archaeology