Recreating the Hallaton helmet. tinyurl.com/ypcfxsvj

Help us raise £25,000 to preserve, interpret, and display two rare Roman swords!

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Rare #Roman enamelled brooch in the shape of a dagger.
Found in the Roman fort at Ehingen-Risstissen (South West Germany), dating 1st century AD.

Photo: LandesmuseumWürttemberg

#Roman Archaeology #Roman FortThursday

These fragments of bronze #Roman mail were found at the site of the Roman fort at Newstead in Roxburghshire. They are from body armour worn by either a legionary or auxiliary soldier, sometime between 80 and 180 AD

This wonderfully preserved Roman legionary helmet is on display at the Trimontium Museum, dating to AD50-100. A ‘Weisenau’ type from Germany, it is complete with its two cheek pieces. It has an iron core and is sheathed in bronze.

I hate, I love. Perhaps you'll ask 'can both of those be true?'
I can't say, but I feel it. And it's tearing me in two.

Catullus (85) the Tortured Poet.

'People in the past were not all dead by 30. Ancient documents confirm this.'
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It’s unconscionable that Amgueddfa Caerdydd could close! walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-new…

Available to stream now on PBS, episode 3 of ‘Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator', a controversial examination of arguably the most famous Roman of them all. With Tom Holland and Rory Stewart. pbs.org/show/julius-ca…

A golden start for our Period 2 team excavating at Magna! Well spotted finding this little Roman bead in the very muddy conditions. Follow their progress in our Dig Diary 👇 #RomanMagna
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'Inside the trial of Cn. Plancius, more than 2,000 years before the #MeToo movement. ... A prominent politician was on trial for corruption and bribery and the violent sexual assault of a young girl.'
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Looks like a great day out at Trimontium Trust!
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Apparently this programme about new excavations at #Pompeii will air on PBS stations in the USA on May 15.

'Melvyn Bragg and guests of In Our Time discuss Aristophanes' comedy in which the women of Athens and Sparta, led by Lysistrata, secure peace in the long-running war between them by staging a sex strike.' bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

The joint Roman Society TRAC #RACTRAC2024 conference UCL Institute of Archaeology finishes today, but our collection of Roman archaeology is still completely FREE!

Check out the latest in Roman archaeology: buff.ly/4co742N

'n the early 1930s, a 13-year-old girl, Helen Carlton-Smith, helped excavate ... Verulamium was one of Britain's largest Roman cities. Archaeologist Mortimer Wheeler, then director of the London Museum, was in charge of the excavation.' #RomanSiteSaturday
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A column found in Turkey in 1883 was sawn off as a flowerpot stand for a railroader's wife. Although some of its inscription was lost, the column can still sing its beautiful Greek poetry to us. An amazing tale of ancient music surviving against the odds!
antigonejournal.com/2021/12/song-o…

Well here it is: the trailer to 'Gladiator II', Ridley Scott's latest tale of Ancient Rome.
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“It is possibly even more extraordinary than the first,” Scott said in a video message. [It] is well worth the wait.”
We'll see.

#FrescoFriday - A Roman fresco of a swan that adorned the tablinum of the House of Fortune in Carthago Nova (modern-day Cartagena, Spain). The house dates to the late 1st century BC and was occupied until the late 2nd century AD.