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
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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
'Ancient Industrial Complex and Roman Necropolis Discovered in Egypt's Western Nile Delta '
greekcitytimes.com/2026/01/02/a...
#AncientBluesky #RomanBluesky 🏺
Tall walls of stone-faced flint and mortar zig-zag; these are the remains of the fort gates. The entrance is grassy, and the sky clouded grey.
Richborough fort today. Where Roman Britain arguably began (and 'ends').
#RomanBluesky #ClassicsBluesky 🏺
A stylised “dolphin” swims in the middle of the mosaic. Festoons of leaves swirl & intertwine across the image with flowering plants in the spaces between.
Plant mosaic (detail) - #Roman 4th C.
Villa del Soto de Ramalete, Tudela, #Navarre
The plants & dolphin are said to link to the fertility & abundance of nature.
Now Museo Arqueológico Nacional #Madrid #Spain
#MosaicMonday #RomanBluesky
Roman glass bottle with two “#dolphin shaped” handles. The bottle was broken, but has been reconstructed.
👀 Bottle with two “#dolphin shaped” handles
#Hockwold Hoard #Norfolk
Late #Roman temple site
Raw glass likely to have been imported from Egypt & then worked locally - evidence of trade routes & “local” industry
Displayed Kings Lynn Museum, #KingsLynn, #Norfolk
#RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBluesky
👀 #Roman tombstone, #YorkshireMuseum #York
AD 70-410
A Blacksmith depicted with his hammer & tongs.
The tombstone stood in a vast cemetery, outside the city walls, in a prominent position on the road to Tadcaster.
#RomanBluesky #archaeology
#RomanSiteSaturday
De scurra multo facilius divitem quam patrem familias fieri. -Cicero
“It’s much easier to make a clown a rich man than a family man.” #lingualatina #ClassicsBlueSky #RomanBlueSky
Photo of a Roman tomb monument, built out of concrete with small stone blocks. It has a cubic base with a doorway, above which is a tall six-sided pyramid--the pyramid is about twice as tall as it is wide. This is surrounded by overgrown grass, with trees in the background and a nice blue sky with some clouds.
"La Fescina" (term for conical baskets used in grape harvest), a Roman mausoleum of the early 1st century CE, in the modern town of Quarto west of Naples, formerly the 4th mile (Ad Quartum) along the road from Puteoli to Capua. It's crowned by a six-sided pyramid
🏺 #RomanBlueSky #ArchaeologyBlueSky
@theromansoc.bsky.social is here - please give them a follow!
#RomanBluesky #ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky
(for transparency: I do their social media)
A hypocaust floor in the apsidal bath of a Roman Bath-house.
A Roman floor tile with several hobnailed boot impressions on it, a little confusingly.
#York has some fun hidden archaeology. Like the Roman Bath in a pub basement. It's a small, private museum that does good things to advocate for the importance of heritage in the city.
See also the gorgeous floor tile with three or four hobnails footprints on it.
🏛️🏺
#MuseumsBluesky
#RomanBluesky
Red book cover with image of Roman fort remains above. Title is Military Households of Roman Auxiliary Commanders in Western Europe and North Africa, Latin inscriptions, Vindolanda letters, and Praetorium archaeology.
Book just got real. First look at the covers.
#ClassicsBluesky #ArchaeologyBluesky #RomanBluesky
