The 5 ditches outside East Gate of #Ardoch #Roman Fort north of Stirling, result of successive reductions in size of 4 forts: 1st Flavian (AD 80s) then up to 3 Antonine forts (AD 140/50s). Southern anchor of Gask Ridge Frontier. Is this the best site in #RomanScotland: 5 stars?

Watch this space - I'll be filling in the blanks on the The Antonine Wall Distance Sculptures by digitally reconstructing them in full colour thanks to a grant from Roman Finds Group - THANK YOU!

These beautiful, complete #Roman beakers were the grave goods of a young woman excavated in Southwark. She'd been buried in a coffin half a metre longer than the skeleton at the foot end, and these 3rd- to 4th-century pots had been placed in the space. #ArchaeologyAdvent #Day9

Finally finished! A speculative reconstruction of the 1st c. AD funerary altar of the child Julia Victorina. Beautiful Ionic decorative scheme, with very specific spring flowers. So specific that I think they must have been individually colored. #polychromy #Louvre 1/

Caistor St Edmund #Norfolk #Archaeology my reconstruction painting of the two temples at the centre of the walled #Roman town #RomanSiteSaturday

Detail from the hypogeum of 24yo Trebius Justus, called 'Asellus', showing the construction of his villa; 4 ct., Catacomb of Via Latina, Rome.

Instructors at Oxford are working to increase access to the Classics. How? By treating Latin and Greek as languages to be spoken like any other. BijanOmrani has the story. Oxford Latinitas medium.com/in-medias-res/…

The arguments (and evidence, because there *is* some) for a crenellated walkway on #hadrianswall can found here: wp.me/pA90X-B6

We close for Christmas today.... but do not despair we re-open from the 4th Jan. The #Christmas Cockerel Headed man and his good friends the Astronomer & Medusa wish you all a happy festive season. See you all in the #NewYear for some more #Museum twitter fun and foolery. #Roman

Remembering that time back in 2007 that I carefully re-created Iron Age coins of the Iceni and Trinovantes as Christmas biscuits 🍪

The desolate and wildly beautiful Tomen y Mur in Snowdonia, north Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 would have been a much livelier place in the first century AD, complete with its own vicus, military parade grounds, and amphitheatre! #RomanFortThursday coflein.gov.uk/en/

If you’re wondering about that big lump in the background, that’s a Norman (11th century AD) motte. It was built into the existing Roman fort. It’s thought to be the site of Lleu Llaw Gyffes’ home in the Mabinogion 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

From manga to bunting: year-long festival to celebrate #HadriansWall - The Hadrian’s Wall 1900 festival will run from January to December 2022 and incorporate art, craft, theatre and more. theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/d… #RomanBritain #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #HadriansWall1900

Happy New Year, everyone! Let's hope it's a good one. Sharing with you these delightful Roman laurel leaves (Aquileia), carved from amber, with the inscription: AN(num) N(ovum) F(austum) F(elicem); the wish of a happy and a prosperous new year pb.info.pl/archiwum/artyk…

Pleased to announce my book on Forts and Roman Strategy is going to be published by Pen & Sword end April. #roman #history

Archeo Hare has been watching us all week from the edge of the fort wall #Vindolanda #Archaeology #Hare #wildlife

It was a tad damp to end the weeks excavation I’m indebted to SocialSonya ❤️💛 for the photograph #Vindolanda #Archaeology

'Marcus?' 'Yes, Lucius?' 'Do you realise you can only see one of the hills from the fort at Trimontium?' 'Pedant.'