New post this week! The first in a series on ancient Spalatum; originally a Greek colony but later a Roman town and then the location of Diocletian's Palace in the late 3rd century CE.
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A large alcove in a ruined Roman wall with an archway over the top
#RomanSiteSaturday The remains of an oven, possibly part of a bakery, in the settlement of Uthina, Tunisia, 1st or 2nd century AD
As a popular Roman veterans colony, Uthina would have had many dozens of these
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#RomanSiteSaturday - The partially restored Temple of Apollo in Side (Turkey) was constructed in the latter half of the 2nd century AD and was designed in the Corinthian order. Originally, the temple featured 6 white marble columns across its front. Currently, 5 of these columns have been restored.
Memorial to a Roman Standard Bearer of the 1st Century. Found in the foundations of Hexham Cathedral in 1881. It is thought to have come from the Roman fort of Coria at Corbridge. The scene represents a mounted soldier riding over the enemy.
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A large grassy bowl on a sunny day. Two small figures at the bottom suggest the scale of the earthworks.
The #amphitheatre at #Cirencester, (Corinium Dobunnorum). Built in the 2nd century on the site of a quarry, estimated to have held up to 8,000 people. Even after 1,500+ years of erosion (since it was abandoned), the earthworks are monumental.
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📷 My own
The steep climb up Steel Rigg stone stairs case
Hadrians Wall
View across to Crag Lough, one of four Roman Wall loughs (a loch or a lake)
The site of the now felled sycamore at Sycamore Gap. People were paying their respects to what was once a mighty tree, but buds of new growth are appearing
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Hadrian's Wall at Steel Rigg, Milecastle 39, AKA Sycamore Gap. This stretch of wall is part of the Northumberland #NationalPark and close to Housesteads #Roman #Fort
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For another nocturnal #RomanSiteSaturday Trajan's Column by night, courtesy of Sorin Popovich. #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology
What have the #Romans ever done for us ! Remains of the barrack latrines at Housteads fort on Handrians Wall. And the legionary barrack latrines at Caerleon #Roman barracks. 👀
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View into the amphitheatre 2013
Closeup of recess in the amphitheatre wall 2013
Roman amphitheatre at Silchester - Calleva Atrebatum
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Fragment of a gate jamb of dressed stone incorporated into the fabric of later houses on the left of the photograph with the modern street on the right and zebra crossing in the distance and blue cloud speckled sky beyond
The southern jamb of the west gate to NOVIOMAGVS (Chichester) marking the line of the road NW to VENTA BELGARVM (Winchester)
The gate stood until 1774 before being demolished 🙁
This fragment of dressed sandstone blocks was reused in a later toll house
📷 March 2026
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The 3rd Marquess of Bute, had a keen interest (amongst other things) in history, architecture & archaeology. He engaged the architect William Burges to remodel the castle in 1868. This is a view of the south wall, with Burges alterations such as the bell tower. The lower part of the wall has light coloured Roman stone, with a band of red stone separating it from the 19th Century wall above.
Cardiff Castle, Cardiff, Wales
A Roman fort of the 3rd Century CE, the fourth Roman fort built on or near this site.
In 1889 these remains were rediscovered & after an archaeological dig, they were rebuilt on the same lines. A band of red stone separating old & new walls.
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The remains of a semi-circular tower that formed part of the east gateway to Roman Lincoln (Lindum). It was one of two which flanked two arched gateways. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #Lincoln
A great stone wall & turret on the right with fields on the left
The mighty southern walls of Caerwent Roman town - Venta Silurum - in south Wales; among the best preserved Roman civic defences in Britannia
📷 My own, March 2026
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In Ladenburg you can see the remains of the western side of its forum with some wall paintings. Ladenburg was called Lopodunum in the Roman times. It is a town in northwestern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It lies on the right bank of the river Neckar. #RomanSiteSaturday
Haha! I just realised that I posted this a day early. It’s a public holiday in the UK. Apologies but #GoodFriday has #RomanSiteSaturday vibes.
Foundations of the temple of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva, promised by Rome’s kings Tarquinius Priscus and Tarquinius Superbus in the 6th C BC, and inaugurated by Consul M. Horatius Pulvillus (early Republican) on 13th September 509 BC.
📸 my own, Capitoline Museums.
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For a somewhat nocturnal #RomanSiteSaturday the illuminated Colosseum By Night courtesy of The Justified Sinner. #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology
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Lussonium is an archaeological site and #ancient #Roman fortress constructed on the Pannonian Limes division of the Danubian Limes, located near modern-day Dunakömlőd in #Hungary.
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#RomanSiteSaturday - The Temple of Augustus and Rome in Ankara (Türkiye) features the most complete copy of the Res Gestae Divi Augusti inscribed in both Latin and Greek on its walls. This temple was constructed between 25 and 20 BC after Ancyra was designated as the new capital of Galatia.
Monumental stones frame entry/exit from raised temple area, with several courses of stones of a smaller rectangular structure in front, and view over large stone-bounded square forum area paved in the centre. Beyond a row of columns is the square of basilica area with further columns. In the distance is the sea, with land just visible on the horizon. There are trees on the edges of the site, with one palm in the forum area.
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Superbly sited Baelo Claudia on Straits of Gibraltar, a key trading point from C2 BC w Tangier, visible in distance.
View from temple area over forum and basilica w extensive fish salting + garum factory beyond on shore.
Excavations since 20th C have only uncovered c. 20-25%.
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Villa romana de Carranque, Toledo 🇪🇦 España. Siglo I a. C. - V 📷 A. M.
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Villa romana de Carranque, Toledo 🇪🇦 España.
Siglo I a. C. - V
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Three ruined Roman columns standing on a small bank of earth, with the top of an Italian church visible in the background, under a blue sky with whispy clouds.
#RomanSiteSaturday Part of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in the Forum of Rome
Poking up behind is the 17th century church that stands inside the ancient Temple of Antoninus and Faustina
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An excavator & tents on the site of Branodunum fort. New geophysical surveys have shown there are many more “features” than recorded on the 1970s map. Link to Time Team to follow.
A 1970s map of Roman & other “features” recorded as a result of rescue archaeology & aerial photography. Link to Archaeology report to follow.
Branodunum Roman Fort, Brancaster, Norfolk
Built c. 230 CE, but later a Saxon Shore Fort.
Knowledge from 1970s rescue archaeology & crop marks is shown on the map.
In the last 3 days @timeteam.bsky.social , as a result of geophysical surveys, have returned to dig.
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Colosseum and Arch of Constantine
Facade of the Colosseum
Arch of Constantine from inside the Colossium
Inside the vastness that is the Colosseum. A phenomenal piece of Roman construction all in the name of death and spectacle
Does #RomanSiteSaturday still count if the site is in #Rome? Or is it just an excuse for me to show off my #holiday snaps 😉
The Colosseum and Arch of Constantine taken in January 2026
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