For #RomanFortThursday a suitably grey image of Richborough Roman Fort courtesy of diamond geezer. #RomanBritain #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology

From kilns & corn dryers, to trade routes from France, the finds & features excavated by the #OCAArchTeam are building a picture of a bustling Roman society.

Learn about the impact of Roman industry: tr.ee/SZC-RomanIndustry

@cotswoldarch.bsky.social #RomanBritain #Suffolk #EastAnglia #archaeology

Britain and the Romans is still available on the HA short courses.

Explore the arrival of Rome in Britain, the society that developed here, and the longer legacy of Roman rule through sessions led by expert historians and archaeologists.
www.history.org.uk/historian/ne...
#RomanBritain #History

Pottery cup fragment from Roman Peterborough (Durobrivae) depicting a magnificent hare. Now part of the collections at Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery. 📸 My own. #RomanBritain #Peterborough

Detail from the mid-4th century Orton Hall Mosaic which originally came from the Roman town of Durobrivae - now Water Newton in Cambridgeshire (near Peterborough). The mosaic is part of the collections at Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery 📸 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain

The remains of the foundations of Piercebridge Roman Bridge in County Durham that once carried Dere Street (the Roman road that linked York with Corbridge) across the River Tees. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #Piercebridge

Have you heard? This year's guided tours of Billingsgate Roman House & Baths start tomorow!
Get your tickets from thecityofldn.com/billingsgate
#Romans #Londinium #RomanBritain #RomanLondon #London
@ianvisits.co.uk #cityoflondon @thecityofldn.bsky.social @londonmuseum.bsky.social

For #FindsFriday a Roman enamelled stud from the site of a mausoleum that stood for 700 years overlooking the Medway marshes. Here, a woman in a lead-lined coffin, nearby Roman silverworking, and rare Anglo-Saxon finds point to a site that remained meaningful across changing worlds. #RomanBritain

📣 #JobAlert

Postdoc opportunity for a specialist in #Roman material culture to reanalyse finds from Housesteads and Corbridge as part of the Connective Frontiers project led by Dr Anna Walas. #archaeology #RomanBritain 🏺

More info here 👇

www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

For #RomanFortThursday the visible remains of Aesica Roman Fortnear Haltwhistle, County Northumberland, courtesy of mauldy. #RomanBritain #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #Military

Remains of the south west corner of Lanchester Roman Fort (Longovicium) in County Durham. The fort was originally built in around AD150 by the 20th Legion, and served as part of a chain of defensive forts along Dere Street 📸 My own
#RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #Lanchester

4th century face pot sherd which was produced at Toot Baldon, near Oxford. Now part of the collections at the Ashmolean in Oxford. 📸 My own. #RomanBritain

Funerary inscription to Crescentinus who lived for 18 years. The tombstone was set up by Vidaris (his father), and was found near Brougham Roman Fort (Brocavum), near Penrith in Cumbria. Now on display at Brougham Castle. 📸 My own. #EpigraphyTuesday #RomanBritain #Brougham

The archaeological remains heel bone with a nail through it from the man who was crucified in Fenstanton, England.

In 2017, archaeologists in Cambridgeshire found a Roman-era skeleton with an iron nail driven through the heel bone.

It's the first evidence of crucifixion ever found in northern Europe — and possibly the best-preserved example anywhere in the world.

#EarlyChristianity #Archaeology #RomanBritain

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

The arrival of #Christianity in #Wales

Pewter dish inscribed with a Chi Rho- the first two letters of Christs name in Greek
Found in 1906, in a house near the forum basilica, within a large urn with another pewter vessel in #Caerwent

#RomanBritain
#Archaeology
#GoodFriday #FindsFriday

“I stand before you...as the last priestess of the Iceni, I mark you so that you may fight with a clear mind, and I bind you to the land for which you fight.”

~The Last Priestess of the Iceni, 5.1.26

#boudicca
#historicalfantasy
#IndieAuthor
#beltane
#powerfulwomeninhistory
#romanbritain

For #RomanFortThursday clear blue skies over Vindolanda courtesy of Carole Raddato. Very similar conditions to today in County Durham. #RomanBritain #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology

The remains of the north gate at Chesters Roman Fort on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #Chesters

Came across this rather nice example of a 1st century (C.AD10-65), copper alloy, Roman belt buckle while doing some research on the PAS database, surprisingly complete! Take a look at the record for more info.
finds.org.uk/database/art...
#Roman #Archaeology #RomanArmy #SmallFinds #RomanBritain

Relief from Roman Cirencester (Corinium) depicting three Genii Cucullati and a seated mother goddess. The relief was found at the site of the Police Station in Cirencester, and is now part of the collections at The Corinium Museum. 📸 My own. #ReliefWednesday #RomanBritain

#EpigraphyTuesday

From the cemetery south of the River Usk

The #inscription records the gift of ground etc., probably for the use of a burial club. The donor was chief centurion, P (primus pilus), and the gift was made from his own resources. 'sine tralaticio ex arca publica'.

#RomanBritain

Large quantities of roofing tile and brick were produced by the legion for use at the fortress. From about AD 100, many were stamped with the legions title, official use only. The kilns were probably located near the River Usk.

#History #Caerleon #RomanBritain

1st century AD building stone inscribed with the name of the 20th Legion from Maryport Roman Fort in Cumbria. Part of the collections at Senhouse Roman Museum in Maryport. 📸 My own. #EpigraphyTuesday #RomanBritain #Maryport

#MosaicMonday
Labyrinth mosaic

From the legate's residence. Probably a dining room floor. Found in #Caerleon Churchyard.
1st-3rd century AD.

#RomanBritain
#Archaeology

Roman relief depicting an eye examination

Surgical instruments

Happy #NationalDoctorsDay
#Roman medici served across the empire —including at frontier forts like Trimontium, treating injuries & illness.
Specialists such as oculists were in high demand. Archaeologists have even found doctor's stamps & surgical instruments.

#RomanMedicine #RomanBritain

Detail from the ‘Four Season Mosaic’ depicting ‘Spring’ from Roman York (Eboracum). The mosaic was discovered in 1853 at Tanners Row in York, and is now part of the collections at the Yorkshire Museum. 📸 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain #YorkshireMuseum

Romano-British relief of three water nymphs, probably from the shrine dedicated to the nymphs at Coventina’s Well, just east of #Brocolitia #Roman Fort (Carrawburgh). They have cups in one hand and are pouring water from jars.
#Archaeology #RomanBritain #HadriansWall
📸 my own, Chesters Museum.

Harry in front of the Newport Arch; Harry in front of ruins of Colonia Lindum

Harry in front of Roman ruins

Harry in front of Roman ruined wall Lindum Colonia

After Eboracum, #HarryTheRoman reaches #ColoniaLindum (Lincoln) — from legionary fortress to colonia for retired soldiers. Stone walls, Newport Arch, and tombstones tell the stories of veterans who made this place home.
“The roads here must be filled with stories.”

#RomanLincoln #RomanBritain

Debut novel, The Last Priestess of the Iceni, available May 1, 2026

#indiebooks
#historicalfantasy
#historicalfiction
#celticmythology
#powerfulwomen
#boudicca
#druids
#romanbritain
#beltane