Looking forward to this! #RACTRAC2024

The joint Roman Society TRAC #RACTRAC2024 conference starts today UCL Institute of Archaeology! We have put together a collection of Roman archaeology containing the latest in archaeology of the Roman world, all of which is completely FREE!

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A month to go until the joint Roman Archaeology Conference/ Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference in London! Full details at the link below, booking open until 29 March ⁦Roman Society⁩ ⁦TRAC⁩ ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/ne…

Lots of shoes have been found at Roman Vindolanda but it is rare to find a pair. These remarkably well preserved leather shoes belonged to a young child, the equivalent size of a modern UK children’s size 11. Currently on display at the #LegionExhibition #FindsFriday

Looking forward to 'Re-Thinking Roman Daily Life: A Workshop' at Institute of Classical Studies (ICS) & contributing to the Oxford Handbook of Daily Life in the Roman World. Come along to join us.

Thank you to the editors Kate Cooper and Dr Hannah Platts, FRSA 💙💛 for the invite.

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#duraeuropos front and center in the British Museum’s catalogue #legionexhibition !

In 2016 we uncovered 421 shoes in one excavation season. This pair were part of that hoard. Wonderful to see them feature along with many other Vindolanda artefacts in the British Museum Legion: life in the Roman Army exhibition.

Lots of shoes have been found at Roman Vindolanda but it is rare to find a pair. These remarkably well preserved leather shoes belonged to a young child, the equivalent size of a modern UK children’s size 11. Currently on display at the #LegionExhibition #FindsFriday

A terracotta depicting Eros and Psyche, 3rd-2nd century BCE. From grave 4, the Martvilo necropolis at Issa (Vis Island, Croatia). On display in the Split Archaeological Museum.

2nd century tombstone found near Arbeia fort, close to Hadrian’s Wall, dedicated to Regina of the Catuvellauni tribe, the freedwoman wife of Barates of Palmyra. The epitaph is written in Latin & beneath it a lament in Palmyrene Aramaic script. #EpigraphyTuesday
#LegionExhibition

Great to see the only known surviving example of a Roman legionary scutum, on display in London. Made of wood with painted rawhide depicting an eagle with a laurel wreath, winged Victories & a lion, excavated from Dura-Europos in the 1930’s.
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#FindsFriday

Also at RAC, Juliet Samson-Conlon who will speak about her PhD work on Childhood at Dura, in her session on the Material Culture of Childhood. Full list of RAC sessions (etc) here romansocietyrac.ac.uk/rac-2024/

Dura-Europos in London! A double-take from me this morning, seeing the incredible scutum from Dura front and centre in the Guardian review of the British Museum's new Legion exhibit
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Another hard copy this week -- this time a paperback edition of this edited volume on housing. Still grateful to my department School of Historical Studies, Birkbeck (of blessed memory, pre-restructure) for supporting the 'Between Words and Walls' conference that led to this!

📢 Job alert! 📢

We are looking for a new Assistant Professor in #Roman #Archaeology with an interest in western provinces, including Britain and/or the frontiers.

Come and join our community! See more details & apply here 👇
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📅 Closing 12 Feb 2024!

This week we’re looking at children and childhood in the ancient and medieval world. We start today by looking at objects that were children’s toys, specifically a doll. Here we see an example of a bone doll from the Early Islamic period coming from the site of Fustat in Egypt.

Looking for a Christmas gift for an archaeologist, history enthusiast, curator, finds specialist or even yourself. potted-history.co.uk has just the thing! #Archaeology

😍 Check out the cover of #TRAJ vol. 6!

Featuring Diocletian's Palace from Split & the design skills of Dr Francesca Mazzilli, we particularly love this one.

Our first articles are already published, with much more on the way!

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