The #amphitheatre was first recognised for what it was in 1936, and a trial #excavation in 1968 showed that the arena measured 45m by 27m. The #arena wall and entrance passages of the amphitheatre were constructed of masonry. #romanbritain #Carmarthen 2/3

Although most are lost some individuals that sat on town #councils in #RomanBritain are known by name. At #York the coffin of Flavius Bellator tells he was a decurion of the colony of #Eboracum. Inscription pic can be found: romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions/6… #Archaeology #History

The remains of the early 3rd century granaries at Birdoswald Roman Fort on Hadrian’s Wall in Cumbria. The granaries were constructed by the Tribune Aurelius Julianus who commanded the First Cohort of Dacians. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain 📸 My own.

#RomanFortThursday Forden Gaer, probably the Lavobrinta of the Ravenna Cosmography, lies on the line of the road which connected Caersws and Wroxeter (Viroconium). The fort occupies a slight rise above the east bank of the River Severn. #Archaeology #History #Roman #Military

#AdoorableThursday White Castle, also known historically as Llantilio Castle, is a ruined castle near the village of Llantilio Crossenny in Monmouthshire, Wales. The fortification was established by the Normans in the wake of the invasion of in 1066 #History

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Neolithic hoards are extremely rare but these four polished axeheads were found together near the river Grwyne in Llangenny, Powys in 1860. #findsfriday museum.wales/collections/on…

#FindsFriday the stunning, intricately decorated gold Llanllyfni Lunula was found in peat nr Llecheiddior-uchaf Farm, Dolbenmaen, #Gwynedd, c. 1869. Extraordinary 😮 Now on display in Sain Ffagan | St Fagans on loan from British Museum More here: museum.wales/articles/1356/… 📷 My own

Fragments of decorative wall plaster from Roman Lincoln (Lindum). The fragments came from the Greetwell villa site in Lincoln (sadly destroyed by quarrying during the C19th), and are now part of the collections Lincoln Museum and Usher Gallery #FrescoFriday #RomanBritain 📸 My own.

#FindsFriday Bronze head of Hadrian, from a larger statue. Hollow cast in the round. The pupils of the eyes, probably of glass, are now lost. The head has been roughly hacked from its body. 117-138 AD. Found in the River Thames at London Bridge. #History #Art #Archaeology

#FindsFriday Possible #gladiator tombs were found during excavations in the ancient #Roman city of Anazarbus (modern Anavarza) in #Turkey, near the Roman amphitheater. (📸 Ozan Efeoğlu via Anadolu Images) #Archaeology #History

On display at CWAC Museums Grosvenor Museum: the Agden Hoard of 2,441 third century coins found near Altrincham in 1957. Mainly radiates of Victorinus, Tetricus I, and Tetricus II (and copies thereof), c. AD 268-85. #FindsFriday #RomanBritain #Chester finds.org.uk/database/hoard…

For #FrescoFriday, a strange archaising detail from a bedroom in the #Augustan imperial villa of the #Farnesina in #Rome, where a staring crowned face in #fresco might be an #oscillum with a #Medusa head, or some other slightly menacing #apotropaic figure.

#FrescoFriday from the tablinum of the House of Marcus Lucretius Fronto (V-4-A) #Pompeii. This #painting from the centre of the north wall portrays Mars and Venus on the left, Eros in the centre and groups of serving girls. #Archaeology #Art #History #Myth

An early medieval fibula (pin for fastening garments/brooch) with a #runic inscription ‘udim midu kefilþ’, interpreted as ‘In the centre I hold the garment together’. Copper alloy,silver-plated and gold-plated, garnet inlays,decorated in animal style From Neudingen, ca.600AD 📷me

For #FrescoFriday, a bit of a puzzle. This fresco from the House of Jason in #Pompeii is listed as Pan playing the syrinx, accompanied by a 'nymph' on a lyre. Why does Pan have human legs? He also carries a thyrsus, which is more common for a satyr or Dionysus. Also ... 1/ 📸 me