A built up floor, for Roman mosaics and other hard floors and in order: Opus Scutulatum Opus Tessallatum Opus Scutulatum / opus mixtum #mosaicmonday #romans #rome #history #archaeology #mosaic #romanbluesky

Episode 11 is now available: Roman Floors: Roman Glass, Under Your Feet or... Roman Floors: Mosaic, Tile, Clay and Wood Apple podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b... Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/17x4... #romans #rome #history #archaeology #mosaic #romanbluesky #tiles

🥳Cover reveal for 'Gladiators in the Greek World: How a Roman Bloodsport Took Ancient Greece by Storm'🥳 Now officially available to pre-order with an early bird discount (though I'm not sure the release date on the website is 100% set in stone yet) www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Gladiators-i...

Episode 11 is now available: Roman Floors: Roman Glass, Under Your Feet or... Roman Floors: Mosaic, Tile, Clay and Wood Apple podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b... Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/17x4... #romans #rome #history #archaeology #mosaic #romanbluesky #tiles

Episode 10 is now available: Roman Glass: Roman Glass, Sand, Soda and Sunlight or... Roman Glass: One Lump or Two? Apple podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r... Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/6DsA... #romans #rome #history #archaeology #glass #romanbluesky

Episode 10 is now available: Roman Glass: Roman Glass, Sand, Soda and Sunlight or... Roman Glass: One Lump or Two? Apple podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r... Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/6DsA... #romans #rome #history #archaeology #glass #romanbluesky

2000 later, and Italians are still selling Tuff (tufo in Italian) at the local builder's merchants.

Can finally cross this off my list of pilgrimage sites for late antiquity nerds. ✅ 🏛️ 🇩🇪

Episode 9 is now available: Roman Wattle and Daub! That Romans frequently lived in house of timber frame, with Lath and Plaster! Links her for Apply, Spotify etc 👇 shows.acast.com/68ad5c37b1a3... #romans #rome #history #archaeology #WattleAndDaub #plaster #BLAR #romanhouses

One of the great things we have at OU Classical Studies is scholarships for MA students who are either teachers working in state schools or UK Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic students. You can find out more and apply here: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/classi...

Ever fancied volunteering on an archaeological survey? There's presently a series of events in the Pennines! Not only is it free (as it's a funded event!) there's also high quality, 1-to-1 training Many events like this have a fee attached! Spaces are limited to 4 people per day

Episode 8 is now available: Roman Plumbing (not only aqueducts, that's a future episode) #romans #rome #history #archaeology #plumbing shows.acast.com/building-the...

Starts tomorrow! Still time to sign up...

Episode 7 is now available: Romans and Asbestos This week's episode is quite short, but still, quite an interesting topic. #romans #rome #history #archaeology #asbestos shows.acast.com/building-the...

Oops, Episode 6 isn't Timber. It's Roman Metals!!

Part of the Inchtuthil nail horde. 875,400 iron nails buried 6m / 18ft down to deny them to local tribes by Romans abandoning their fort in the 1st century CE.

Stone insomnia.

So "Critics" being two journalists? Complaining that one of the world's most visited ancient monuments - which costs around 800,000€ a year in running costs - has an entrance fee, is a bit much. BTW, there is a long list of exemptions, allowing free entry to MANY types of visitors.

Episode 6 is now available: Roman Timber: Roofs, Doors and Forgotten Walls #romans #rome #history #archaeology #bronze #iron #romanbronze shows.acast.com/building-the...

Images for the most recent podcast, on Roman timber.

Ironically, this AI slop (with a mosaic on the ceiling and an 19c spade, and no floor to heat) is factually correct. How annoying. Except it was a Greek invention, hupokauston

Episode 5 is now available: Roman Timber: Roofs, Doors and Forgotten Walls #romans #rome #history #archaeology #brick #tiles

I was lucky enough to speak to @historyextra.bsky.social about strikes and collective action in Ancient Rome. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

Was this really the inspiration for the Corinthian capital? Seems as good a theory as any.

Episode 4 is now available: Roman Lime, Pozzolan and Concrete #romans #rome #history #archaeology #brick #tiles

Episode 4 is now available: Roman Lime, Pozzolan and Concrete #romans #rome #history #archaeology #brick #tiles

The translations (and more) from the most recent episode: The Episodes Translations: Pedalis = One‑foot tile/brick Sesquipedalis = 1½‑foot brick/tile Bessalis = Two‑thirds brick/tile Tegula = Flat pan tile Imbrex = Cover tile Later / laterculus = Thin wall tile

Was this really the inspiration for the Corinthian capital? Seems as good a theory as any.

Episode 3 is now available: Roman Brick and Tile #romans #rome #history #archaeology #brick #tiles

Episode 2 is now available: Stone: Tuff, Travertine and Marble #romans #rome #history #archaeology

Podcast Episode 1: The Introduction #romans #rome #history #archaeology