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Arbeia Roman Fort, South Shields, Tyneside.Arbeia Roman fort includes a rebuilt Roman Gate House and
Between Hope and Fear, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1876
Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to His Friends, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1868
Original Lewis Chess Piece, ‘Vikings: Rediscover The Legend’ Exhibition, The Riverside Arts Centre M
The Courtyard House, Caerwent Roman Town, Monmouthshire, 6.5.18.This is my first ever visit to Caerw
Roman copper-alloy figurine of Mercury. Discovered in Lincolnshire, England. Photo: Adam Daubney, 20
Egyptian Chess Players, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1879
What happened to Hadrian’s Wall?One of the greatest feats of the Roman Empire was Hadrian&rsqu
mostly-history:The Colchester Vase (c. 175 AD), found in a Roman grave at West Lodgein Colchester (E
The Wine Shop (Interior of an Ancient Roman Wine Shop as Excavated at Pompeii), Lawrence Alma-Tadema
The three items here are whale bone chess pieces made at around the same time as the Anglo-Saxon Lew
The Original Lewis Chess Set, British Museum, 2.8.17.
thesilicontribesman:Corbridge Roman Town, near Hadrian’s Wall, NorthumbriaThe Roman settlement of Co
Anglo-Saxon and Viking personal ornamentation and combs, The Museum of East Riding, June 2017.
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Viking items unearthed at the Jorvik site, York, June 2017.
ancientpeoples:Antler headdress made from the skull of a large stagMesolithic Britain, ca. 8000BCExc
archaicwonder:Northern European Silver Torque, late 4th century BCSilver torque is fashioned as two
Denarius of Julia Mamaea, mother of the Roman emperor Severus Alexander (r. 222-235 CE). On the obv
My Sister Is Not In, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1879Happy birthday to Lawrence Alma-Tadema, born on this
Sestertius of the notorious Roman emperor Commodus (r. 180-192 CE), issued to celebrate the quelling
Romano-British vase in the shape of a man’s head, perhaps representing the Roman Emperor Caracalla (
The so-called “Colchester Vase,” depicting four gladiators named by inscriptions as Secundus, Mario,
A vase bearing the face of a woman, believed by some scholars to be Julia Domna, wife of the emperor
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