December 24, 2024 at 10:04 PM
This dragonesque brooch is typically Romano-British. While they only started appearing after the Roman invasion in 43AD, they use British motifs & reflect local tastes. These brooches were also used as fasteners for cloaks (the pin is sadly now missing).
🕰️C1-2AD
🏛️📷BM
#FindsFriday
🕰️C1-2AD
🏛️📷BM
#FindsFriday
May 29, 2026 at 7:08 AM
This dragonesque brooch is typically Romano-British. While they only started appearing after the Roman invasion in 43AD, they use British motifs & reflect local tastes. These brooches were also used as fasteners for cloaks (the pin is sadly now missing).
🕰️C1-2AD
🏛️📷BM
#FindsFriday
🕰️C1-2AD
🏛️📷BM
#FindsFriday
Senior Leadership Team for my Romano British.
November 28, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Senior Leadership Team for my Romano British.
Finished up another group of Romano-British troops, got 16 left to go! Possibly for Saga, miniatures by Victrix Miniatures
#historicalwargaming #wargames #darkages #miniaturepainting #nerdlings
#historicalwargaming #wargames #darkages #miniaturepainting #nerdlings
February 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Finished up another group of Romano-British troops, got 16 left to go! Possibly for Saga, miniatures by Victrix Miniatures
#historicalwargaming #wargames #darkages #miniaturepainting #nerdlings
#historicalwargaming #wargames #darkages #miniaturepainting #nerdlings
I made some in the Romano British style (coffee bean eyes) for living history friends.
September 28, 2026 at 7:20 PM
I made some in the Romano British style (coffee bean eyes) for living history friends.
Wow! You wait ages for Romano-British archaeology news, and then two big stories show up in the same week!
Archaeologists discover signs of Roman industrial hub at site in Sunderland
Archaeologists discover signs of Roman industrial hub at site in Sunderland
Discovery of more than 800 whetstones, used to sharpen weapons, seen as one of the most significant finds in northern England for a century
Archaeologists have found evidence of a huge and previously unknown industrial hub of Roman manufacturing in a discovery seen as one of the most significant finds in northern England for a century.
Researchers were astonished to discover more than 800 whetstones at a site on the banks of the River Wear, and evidence of there being hundreds, if not thousands, more buried in the riverbank. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Wow! You wait ages for Romano-British archaeology news, and then two big stories show up in the same week!
A gorgeous Romano-British copper alloy horse-and-rider brooch with red, blue and white enamel inlay
Found by Henry Durden (1807-1892) at Woodyates #Dorset and later given to the BM
© The Trustees of the British Museum 1892,0901.1600
An Iron Age deity for #FindsFriday
Found by Henry Durden (1807-1892) at Woodyates #Dorset and later given to the BM
© The Trustees of the British Museum 1892,0901.1600
An Iron Age deity for #FindsFriday
February 21, 2025 at 6:43 AM
A gorgeous Romano-British copper alloy horse-and-rider brooch with red, blue and white enamel inlay
Found by Henry Durden (1807-1892) at Woodyates #Dorset and later given to the BM
© The Trustees of the British Museum 1892,0901.1600
An Iron Age deity for #FindsFriday
Found by Henry Durden (1807-1892) at Woodyates #Dorset and later given to the BM
© The Trustees of the British Museum 1892,0901.1600
An Iron Age deity for #FindsFriday
Happy Easter!
Here’s a lovely Romano-British brooch in the form of a cheerful little hare! 😍
Copper alloy decorated with enamel, 2nd-3rd century AD.
📷 British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
#Archaeology
Here’s a lovely Romano-British brooch in the form of a cheerful little hare! 😍
Copper alloy decorated with enamel, 2nd-3rd century AD.
📷 British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
#Archaeology
April 5, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Happy Easter!
Here’s a lovely Romano-British brooch in the form of a cheerful little hare! 😍
Copper alloy decorated with enamel, 2nd-3rd century AD.
📷 British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
#Archaeology
Here’s a lovely Romano-British brooch in the form of a cheerful little hare! 😍
Copper alloy decorated with enamel, 2nd-3rd century AD.
📷 British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
#Archaeology
There wont be a Romano British teenager enslaved in Mayo tonight...
July 26, 2026 at 4:12 PM
There wont be a Romano British teenager enslaved in Mayo tonight...
Last part of the Romano British unit!
November 29, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Last part of the Romano British unit!
Elite Romano British unit finished for Dux, onto the Saxons #spreadthelard
June 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Elite Romano British unit finished for Dux, onto the Saxons #spreadthelard
#WorldRiversDay Brigantia was the tribal goddess of the Brigantes tribe of northern England. Her name 'High One' or 'Queen' is associated with water and rivers
from my: "Folklore of the Lake District"
bardofcumberland.com/folklore/
📷 National Museums of Scotland
from my: "Folklore of the Lake District"
bardofcumberland.com/folklore/
📷 National Museums of Scotland
September 27, 2026 at 1:30 PM
#WorldRiversDay Brigantia was the tribal goddess of the Brigantes tribe of northern England. Her name 'High One' or 'Queen' is associated with water and rivers
from my: "Folklore of the Lake District"
bardofcumberland.com/folklore/
📷 National Museums of Scotland
from my: "Folklore of the Lake District"
bardofcumberland.com/folklore/
📷 National Museums of Scotland
An ancient landscape of early copper mines & Romano-British roundhouses 🛖⛰️
Cwm Dyli below Yr Wyddfa/Snowdon, Gwynedd
📷 My own, Sunday
Cwm Dyli below Yr Wyddfa/Snowdon, Gwynedd
📷 My own, Sunday
October 21, 2025 at 6:33 AM
An ancient landscape of early copper mines & Romano-British roundhouses 🛖⛰️
Cwm Dyli below Yr Wyddfa/Snowdon, Gwynedd
📷 My own, Sunday
Cwm Dyli below Yr Wyddfa/Snowdon, Gwynedd
📷 My own, Sunday
#findsfriday Romano British cockerel brooch
August 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
#findsfriday Romano British cockerel brooch
Happy Monday!
Here’s a lovely Romano-British brooch in the form of a cheerful little hare!
Copper alloy decorated with enamel, 2nd-3rd century AD.
📷 British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
#Archaeology
Here’s a lovely Romano-British brooch in the form of a cheerful little hare!
Copper alloy decorated with enamel, 2nd-3rd century AD.
📷 British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
#Archaeology
August 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Happy Monday!
Here’s a lovely Romano-British brooch in the form of a cheerful little hare!
Copper alloy decorated with enamel, 2nd-3rd century AD.
📷 British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
#Archaeology
Here’s a lovely Romano-British brooch in the form of a cheerful little hare!
Copper alloy decorated with enamel, 2nd-3rd century AD.
📷 British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
#Archaeology
Walking Hadrian's Wall as 4th Century Romano-British soldiers, in aid of Dove House Hospice.
November 19, 2024 at 11:59 AM
Walking Hadrian's Wall as 4th Century Romano-British soldiers, in aid of Dove House Hospice.
First Romano British unit complete for Midgard , all Victrix figures
November 21, 2024 at 8:52 PM
First Romano British unit complete for Midgard , all Victrix figures
The “English” are descended from a mixture of Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Romano-British, Norsemen, Norman French and others. Every British school-child knows this. Back to school for you, Suella
September 23, 2026 at 4:07 PM
The “English” are descended from a mixture of Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Romano-British, Norsemen, Norman French and others. Every British school-child knows this. Back to school for you, Suella
Mi imperio romano es aquella vez que Richard Dawkins puso un tuit preguntándose por qué, si tanto alimentarse como reproducirse son necesidades básicas, el sexo es un placer pero la comida es un trámite, y alguien le respondió: "because you're British".
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Mi imperio romano es aquella vez que Richard Dawkins puso un tuit preguntándose por qué, si tanto alimentarse como reproducirse son necesidades básicas, el sexo es un placer pero la comida es un trámite, y alguien le respondió: "because you're British".
Fordcroft Romano-British Bathhouse: On Sunday 20th July I visited the open day of the Romano-British Bathhouse near Orpington. #RomanSiteSaturday There was an interesting little tour and also an exhibition in the nearby Coronation hall with many Roman and other artefacts.
July 26, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Fordcroft Romano-British Bathhouse: On Sunday 20th July I visited the open day of the Romano-British Bathhouse near Orpington. #RomanSiteSaturday There was an interesting little tour and also an exhibition in the nearby Coronation hall with many Roman and other artefacts.
The Bank of England Mosaic - the 3rd century AD Romano-British mosaic was found under the Bank of England in the early 19th century. Now part of the collections @britishmuseum #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain
May 11, 2026 at 6:26 AM
The Bank of England Mosaic - the 3rd century AD Romano-British mosaic was found under the Bank of England in the early 19th century. Now part of the collections @britishmuseum #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain
Finally it's #HillfortsWednesday 🎉
During the 2019 excavations of Dinas Dinlle coastal hillfort in Gwynedd, I knocked up a pencil sketch of what the enormous 13-metre diameter roundhouse 🛖 might have looked like 🤔
It was good to help the public visualise this huge Romano-British home 🤩
During the 2019 excavations of Dinas Dinlle coastal hillfort in Gwynedd, I knocked up a pencil sketch of what the enormous 13-metre diameter roundhouse 🛖 might have looked like 🤔
It was good to help the public visualise this huge Romano-British home 🤩
November 20, 2024 at 6:49 AM
Finally it's #HillfortsWednesday 🎉
During the 2019 excavations of Dinas Dinlle coastal hillfort in Gwynedd, I knocked up a pencil sketch of what the enormous 13-metre diameter roundhouse 🛖 might have looked like 🤔
It was good to help the public visualise this huge Romano-British home 🤩
During the 2019 excavations of Dinas Dinlle coastal hillfort in Gwynedd, I knocked up a pencil sketch of what the enormous 13-metre diameter roundhouse 🛖 might have looked like 🤔
It was good to help the public visualise this huge Romano-British home 🤩
Cursed terminology I just discovered so you all have to suffer it too: referring to Romano-British archaeological finds as "Romano-native".
Presumably from the people who brought you British job adverts welcoming applications from BIPOC candidates.
Presumably from the people who brought you British job adverts welcoming applications from BIPOC candidates.
August 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Cursed terminology I just discovered so you all have to suffer it too: referring to Romano-British archaeological finds as "Romano-native".
Presumably from the people who brought you British job adverts welcoming applications from BIPOC candidates.
Presumably from the people who brought you British job adverts welcoming applications from BIPOC candidates.
[Commission] 15mm Romano-British Age of Arfur.
Forged in Battle/War and Empire figures.
Forged in Battle/War and Empire figures.
December 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
[Commission] 15mm Romano-British Age of Arfur.
Forged in Battle/War and Empire figures.
Forged in Battle/War and Empire figures.
#ReliefWednesday
A rather surprised looking, magnificent example of Romano-British art (3rd-4th century (?)). From the Mendips in Somerset, carved from the local Bath stone
#AncientBluesky
Pic - British Musuem
A rather surprised looking, magnificent example of Romano-British art (3rd-4th century (?)). From the Mendips in Somerset, carved from the local Bath stone
#AncientBluesky
Pic - British Musuem
December 11, 2024 at 5:06 PM
#ReliefWednesday
A rather surprised looking, magnificent example of Romano-British art (3rd-4th century (?)). From the Mendips in Somerset, carved from the local Bath stone
#AncientBluesky
Pic - British Musuem
A rather surprised looking, magnificent example of Romano-British art (3rd-4th century (?)). From the Mendips in Somerset, carved from the local Bath stone
#AncientBluesky
Pic - British Musuem