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Exploring sites and museums throughout the Roman world. All photos (except reposts) are my own. Based in Dorset, UK. Blog at visiting-roman-sites.blogspot.com

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 15h
Universal soldier Damaged fragment of a tombstone commemorating a #Roman auxiliary cavalryman from Whitcombe #Dorset in #DorsetMuseum The full image probably showed the horse trampling on a Briton / Durotrigian 😲 📷 Sept 2026 #RomanFortThursday
Damaged sculptural relief showing a Roman cavalryman with cape and helmet, holding a spear and riding an angry horse
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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 6h
It's worth adding that the Yorkshire Museum is also hosting an exhibition of the stunning Iron Age Melsonby Hoard 'Chariots, Treasure & Power'. Well worth a visit (even if it's not Roman 😉). Runs to summer 2027. 📷 my own 2026 #Brigantes #IronAge #RomanAdjacent
The Block - a corroded mass of 88 Iron Age objects from the Melsonby Hoard, including spear heads, horse harnesses and decorative metalwork.Copper alloy wine-mixing bowl from the Melsonby Hoard. (Iron Age)
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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A look at the Yorkshire Museum's excellent Roman collection: inscriptions, mosaics and more! Pics: dedication to Serapis and Four Seasons mosaic (winter) (📷 my own 2026) New blog at: visiting-roman-sites.blogspot.com/2026/09/york... #ReliefWednesday #MosaicMonday (late entry) #RomanBritain
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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Statue base with a dedication to the spirit of the Emperor and the god Mercury which was discovered at Birrens Roman Fort (Blatobulgium) in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Now part of the collections at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. 📸 My own #EpigraphyTuesday
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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 29/09/2026
The Roman province of Hispania Baetica (modern southern Spain) was a major centre of olive oil production. Analysis of over 1000 potsherds from oil amphorae shed light on how olive oil shaped the Roman economy. 🔗 from 2023 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology
Fragment of an amphora rim with a sketch reconstructing the complete amphora.
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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Autumn (with his rake) from the Four Seasons mosaic at the excellent Yorkshire Museum in York seems seasonally appropriate today. The staff positively encouraged me to walk on this - although shoes aren't allowed. 3rd or 4th century CE. 📷 my own 2026 #MosaicModay #RomanBritain #RomanSites
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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Multiple mosaics, and some intriguing new discoveries, at Chedworth villa. New blog at: visiting-roman-sites.blogspot.com/2026/09/ched... #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain #RomanSites
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Chedworth - Villa
Nestling in an idyllic Cotswold valley, Chedworth *** is one of Britain's best preserved, and most popular, Roman villas. With two bath-hou...
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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Figure symbolising Winter, with hood, cloak and dead hare, from a mosaic (part geometric, part figurative) in Chedworth villa's west range. The room was probably used for dining (triclinium), although too small for major functions. @nattrustarch.bsky.social 📷 my own 2026 #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain
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Following Hadrian @followinghadrian.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
#ArtefactSunday – Gilded bronze thunderbolt from the colossal gilded statue of Jupiter that crowned the Great Jupiter Column of Mogontiacum (Mainz), c. AD 59–67. Recovered fragments include a sandalled foot, a finger, body pieces, an eagle's claw, and a thunderbolt. lupa.at/32960
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Following Hadrian @followinghadrian.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
[New post] A rare inscription marking a lightning strike discovered at Hadrian’s Villa followinghadrian.com/2026/09/13/a...
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A rare inscription marking a lightning strike discovered at Hadrian’s Villa FOLLOWING HADRIAN
A rare marble inscription referring to a fulgur submanium, a nocturnal lightning strike attributed to Summanus, has been discovered at Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli. The find emerged during archaeologi…
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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A short hop over the Channel, Lillebonne contains the largest and best preserved Roman theatre in northern France. But is it an amphitheatre? Or could it be ... both? New blog: visiting-roman-sites.blogspot.com/2026/09/lill... #RomanSiteSaturday #Archaeology #RomanSites
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Lillebonne (Juliobona) - Theatre
Containing the largest and best-preserved Roman theatre in northern France, the small town of Lillebonne ** , on the north side of the Sei...
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ℌ𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔞𝔪 𝔚𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔟𝔯𝔬𝔠𝔨 🦡 @hallamwerebrock.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Just down the road from me! Well worth a visit!
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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The warm room (tepidarium) and cold plunge pool (brr!) in the west range at Chedworth, Gloucestershire, UK. The villa reached its peak in the 4th century CE, and was occupied into the 5th century after Roman rule had ended. 📷 my photos 2026 #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain @nattrustarch.bsky.social
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Mike Bennett @formerlytankiemike.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The Roman Fortlet/Signal Station above the Valley of Stones, Dorset. Recently cleared of bracken. Situated on Black Down, it has line of site to Durnovaria and north-west to the known Roman fort on Waddon Hill. #RomanSiteSaturday #Archaeology #ValleyofStones
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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Built in the 2nd century CE, the #Roman fort at South Shields (Arbeia) acted as a supply base for Hadrian’s Wall at the mouth of the River Tyne. Image shows reconstructed commander’s house behind the SE corner of the fort wall. 📷 my own 2026 #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain
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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Tiger from the Orpheus Mosaic (Corinium Museum, Cirencester). 4th cent CE. Surprisingly, there was a subspecies of Tiger (Caspian Tiger ssp tigris) ranging from the Caucasus to what is now N Iran and W Turkey. Sadly now extinct. 📷 my own 2026 #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain
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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The fortress and theatre (both pictured) are only some of the visible remains of the Roman town of Noviodunum at Jublains, Mayenne, France. With a temple, bath-house and excellent museum this site is certainly worth a visit. Bit out of the way, though. 📷 my own 2026 #RomanSiteSaturday
Doorway in the fortress at Jublains (Noviodunum) - 3rd cent. CE.Part of the theatre at Jublains (Noviodunum) - this is the later 2nd cent. CE structure.
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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 20/07/2026
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London is getting a new museum showing off Roman and medieval fortifications
A section of the Roman Wall and a medieval bastion, hidden beneath an office building for decades, will open to the public this December in a new free museum.
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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Two bath-houses and a mysterious carving. There's much to see at Binchester Roman fort (Vinovia). New blog at: visiting-roman-sites.blogspot.com/2026/08/binc... #Archaeology #RomanBritain
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Binchester (Vinovia) - Bath-houses and Fort
Boasting two of the best-preserved military bath-houses in Roman Britain, Binchester ** in County Durham merits a detour from the better-kno...
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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Two bath-houses and a mysterious carving. There's much to see at Binchester Roman fort (Vinovia). New blog at: visiting-roman-sites.blogspot.com/2026/08/binc... #Archaeology #RomanBritain
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Binchester (Vinovia) - Bath-houses and Fort
Boasting two of the best-preserved military bath-houses in Roman Britain, Binchester ** in County Durham merits a detour from the better-kno...
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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Cavalry parade helmet (1st cent CE) from the fort at Newstead, in ‘Scotland’s First Warriors’ exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland m, Edinburgh. #FindsFriday
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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Dark deeds on the Isle of Wight? #RomanBritain archaeologymag.com/2026/08/roma...
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Roman villa bones hint at fourth-century massacre during political purge in Britain | Archaeology News Online Magazine
Human remains from a Roman villa on the Isle of Wight point to a possible fourth-century massacre during unrest in Roman Britain.
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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Fragment of 3rd century CE Gallo-Roman mosaic showing a stylised dolphin (or mythical sea creature) from the excellent site museum at Jublains, Mayenne, France. #MosaicMonday #RomanSites
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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Happy #MosaicMonday! Here's Andy and Dave clearing a small part of the late 4th century AD corridor mosaic of Frampton Roman villa #Dorset @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social 📷 August 2019 Drone photo taken during the excavation by @buarchanth.bsky.social
Drone photo looking down at two archaeologists cleaning a Roman mosaic in a trench
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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Tiny bronze statuette of a wild boar (1st-3rd cent CE) in the excellent site museum at Jublains, Mayenne, France. #RomanSiteSaturday
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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
A look inside the Senate House (Curia) in the Roman Forum. Does the opus sectile floor count for #MosaicMonday? Blog at visiting-roman-sites.blogspot.com/2026/08/rome... #RomanSites #Archaeology #AncientRome
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Rome - Senate House (Curia)
Plain, grim-looking and oddly tall for its size, the Senate House (Curia) *** once sat at the heart of the Roman state. I wonder how many...
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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
A 2nd C AD Roman mosaic floor in a communal latrine. The building may have been used by a collegium or guild for meetings and functions. The mosaic shows hunting and fishing scenes. I’m impressed by the marble toilet seats. 📷 my own, Italica, near Seville. #Rome #MosaicMonday #Archaeology
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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
A look inside the Senate House (Curia) in the Roman Forum. Does the opus sectile floor count for #MosaicMonday? Blog at visiting-roman-sites.blogspot.com/2026/08/rome... #RomanSites #Archaeology #AncientRome
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Rome - Senate House (Curia)
Plain, grim-looking and oddly tall for its size, the Senate House (Curia) *** once sat at the heart of the Roman state. I wonder how many...
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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Top hypocaust action.
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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
It's not one of Lisbon's better-known tourist sites, but the remains of the theatre (1st century CE) of the Roman city of Felicitas Iulia Olisipo, built into the hillside, are worth a visit. Nice museum too. 📷my own 2018 #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanSites
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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
One of the highlights of Reading Museum's Roman collection, the Silchester Eagle inspired Rosemary Sutcliff's 'The Eagle of the Ninth.' New blog at: visiting-roman-sites.blogspot.com/2026/07/read... #FindsFriday #RomanBritain #RomanSites #Archaeology
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Reading - Museum (Silchester gallery)
Excavations at the Roman town of  Silchester   Calleva Atrebatum have produced a wealth of finds including the famous Silchester Eagle (ab...
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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
#FrescoFriday with this beautiful fragment from the house of the small fountain, Pompeii See (a lot) more from Pompeii in the episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=M238...
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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Excellent - and illuminating - video on Iron Age Dorset. It seems that the Romans didn’t fight major battles at hill forts like Maiden Castle after all. @durotrigesdig.bsky.social @forestcollectiv.bsky.social #HillfortsWednesday youtu.be/QpA_Ist5LRY?...
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Ancient Dorset, The Durotriges & #HillfortsWednesday with Dr Miles Russell
YouTube video by Forest Archaic Collective
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romanbritain.bsky.social @romanbritain.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
A walk around the walls of Roman Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum). visiting-roman-sites.blogspot.com/2026/07/Silc... #RomanBritain #RomanSites #Archaeology
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Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum) - Town
Lost in a maze of rural lanes north of Basingstoke, the walls of Silchester ** - the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum - evoke a powerful se...
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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Inscription to Sol Invictus at Corbridge near #HadriansWall. Dedicated by a detachment of the VI Legion under Sextus Calpurnius Agricola, governor of Britannia 162-168 CE. First line defaced c. 193 CE. Details in ALT text. 📷my own 2012 #RomanBritain (Repost with corrected dates).
Although not a full legionary fortress, Corbridge (Coria), an important town and supply base just south of Hadrian's Wall, hosted a temporary detachment (vexillatio) from one or two legions - including the VI Legion Victrix Pia Fidelis (Victorious, Loyal, Faithful). 

The text reads: 
SOLI‣INVICTO (defaced) 
VEXILLATIO 
LEG‣VI‣VIC‣P‣F‣F‣ 
SVB‣CVRA‣SEX‣ 
CALPVRN͡I‣AGRICO 
LAE‣LEG‣AVG‣PR‣PR 

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To the Invincible Sun-god a detachment of the Sixth Legion Victrix Pia Fidelis set this up under the charge of Sextus Calpurnius Agricola, emperor’s propraetorian legate.
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Trimontium Trust & Museum @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
📜 On This Day – AD 285 As the 3rd century crisis threatened to tear the #Roman Empire apart, Emperor #Diocletian appointed his trusted general #Maximian as Caesar, making him co-ruler in an ambitious attempt to restore order across the vast and embattled empire.
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Gladius 🗡️ Hispaniensis @gladiushispania.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
#EpigraphyTuesday Estela y arnés decorativo funerario del centurión Caius Voconnus Proculus. 🏛️ Museo Nacional de Arte romano de Mérida, Badajoz 🇪🇦 España. #Hispania #Roma #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #AncientBluesky
Estela y arnés decorativo funerario del centurión Caius Voconnus Proculus. 
🏛️ Museo Nacional de Arte romano de Mérida, Badajoz  🇪🇦 España. 
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Brittunculus @brittunculus.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
#EpigraphyTuesday Around AD 90, the cavalry decurion Masclus wrote a memo to his C.O. at #Vindolanda, the prefect Julius Verecundus. Could 5 of his men have leave, and would he please order return of his knife from Talampus of Nobilis' century, who has borrowed it? Roman paperwork. 1/4
The first page of the note, written in ink on a thin rectangle of wood c. 10cm x 6.5cm.

Tab. Vindol. 892
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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
#TombTuesday The Pyramid of Cestius is an ancient pyramid in #Rome, #Italy, near the Porta San Paolo. It was built as a tomb for Gaius Cestius during the reign of the emperor Augustus, probably between 18 and 12 BC. It is made from Carrara marble. #Archaeology #History #Roman
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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Labyrinth mosaic (1st-3rd cent CE) nicely displayed with wine and olive oil amphoras at the Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon, South Wales. 📷my own 2024 #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain #RomanSites
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Dan Herbert @danherb10.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Circo Romano de Tarragona Built at the end of the C1st CE during the reign of Domitian, and was part of a large provincial monumental complex, of which it occupied the lower terrace.
A grand staircase leading from one of the monument entrance to the seating areaA large vaulted space. This corridor stretches from one side of the circus to the other allowing access to the seating areas A long dark corridor underneath the stand of the monument used by spectators to access the seating areas.
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Rupert Ferguson @druidtombraider.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The South Baths of Perge, Pamphylia, Turkey, with a swimming pool (natatio), dated to the reigns of Trajan (98-117) or Hadrian (117-138); courtesy of Carole Raddato. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology
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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
#RomanSiteSaturday The #Roman theatre of #Malaga was built in the 1st century in the time of Augustus and retained its use as a #theatre until the 3rd century #Archaeology #history #architecture #Spain 🇪🇸
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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
🧵/1 First of all, a wide view of the site, had to flap my arms pretty fast but it was worth it #RomanSiteSaturday
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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Caerwent (Venta Silurum) Roman Town in South Wales has superb defences and a variety of other buildings on show. Explore the site for #RomanSiteSaturday with a new blog at: visiting-roman-sites.blogspot.com/2026/07/caer... #RomanBritain #Archaeology #RomanSites
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Caerwent (Venta Silurum) - Town
Boasting the best-preserved set of Roman town defences in Britain, the quiet village of Caerwent *** lying between Newport and Chepstow in ...
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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
#RomanRoadsFriday & few are quite as pretty as the world famous streets of Pompeii, think this will be a thread tomorrow, but in the meantime you can see our trip there, here >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=M238...
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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Originally found at Brigetio Roman Fort on the Danube (Hungary), this superb legionary helmet has pride of place at the National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon, Wales. Date: early 1st century AD. 📷my own 2024 #FindsFriday #RomanSites #RomanArchaeology #RomanBritain
Roman legionary helmet made from iron in a museum display case. Design features include a sloping neck-guard at the rear, iron hinged cheek-pieces at the sides and a strengthened projecting section above the face.
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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
🏛 A Roman stone sculpture of a protective deity carved over 1,600 years ago has been discovered underneath a barrack floor in Vindolanda, near Hadrian’s Wall. Likely originally part of a shrine (lararium), it is thought the carved figure is a 'Genius'. open.substack.com/pub/thearcha...
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
A very good boy guarding his family home for 2,000 years! 🐾 ❤️ Roman mosaic in the entrance passage of the House of Paquius Proculus, Pompeii. 📷 by me #MosaicMonday #Archaeology
My photo taken in 2023 shows a black and white mosaic depicting a chained black dog in the entrance passage of the House of Paquius Proculus in Pompeii. The dog is lying down facing right with its front legs stretched forward and its hindquarters tucked beneath it. Its head is raised, with a long muzzle and an open mouth showing a red tongue and white teeth. Its ears are pointed and erect, giving the dog an alert, watchful expression. It has a long tail which curves upwards. The dog is composed of black tesserae (small mosaic stones) against a white tesserae background and wears a red studded collar. The dog is chained to a circular hoop on the left side of a double door. The left side of the door is decorated with a spear and a shield (looks abit like a satellite dish 📡 ) and the righthand side is ajar, and decorated with a double axe head. A partial view of the atrium of the House of Paquius Proculus can be seen from the entrance passage.
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