1) The best preserved Roman military diploma to survive from the ancient world: These highly prized bronze legal documents were issued to retiring non-citizen soldiers upon successful completion of their minimum required service: 25 years in the army or 26 years in the navy.. pic.twitter.com/UCrrgyK6cc
Neo-Assyrian pack of tiny clay painted mastiffs, 650 BC, found in Nineveh Palaces, inscribed with their names Catcher of the Enemy, Don’t Think, Bite! Biter of His Foe, Loud Bark, Expeller of Evil British Museum pic.twitter.com/cuRWweCvCW
1/8 I'm often asked "Why do amphorae have pointed bases?" and as a potter who has now made hundreds of them, I have to say that it's something that I have thought about a lot. For a start they'd be a lot easier to make if they had a flat base. As it is you start throwing from.. pic.twitter.com/Sk67JtvSaL
Not having an :amphora: smilie is a serious, even shameful, oversight for a forum admin obsessed with Rome, history, Roman history, styling the forum based on classical Rome, and smilies.
When I was working in York, a few years back, I spent some time with an old fellow who told me a lot about the Roman town that was once there. He claimed that there has been no civilization in York ever since the Romans left.
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Slightly OT (sorry, not sorry) but of interest to all who sail here, I think. It's a new podcast from next Tuesday—Joanne Freeman I cannot vouch for but Heather Cox Richardson is inspirational. https://open.spotify.com/episode/4cQyORJ2JMAw28D7L0kKTI
A Tudor fairytale - Little Moreton Hall was built by William Moreton in stages through the 1500s. The moated, half-timbered house has been called a "feast of medieval carpentry", with a long gallery, 30,000 original leaded panes of glass and 200 tons of stone roofing tiles. pic.twitter.com/2JXpmPmbjU