#roman age

[some-places]

Roman bridge

[llyfrenfys]

Pictures from my first visit to Ceredigion Museum (back in 2022). I realised I never uploaded these here so I decoded to make a post about it.

For those of you who don't know, aside from writing Llyfr Enfys, I'm a Celtic student in the Welsh and Celtic department at Aberystwyth University. As such, I love all things Late Bronze/Early Iron Age!

The first picture is of a mannequin dressed in Iron Age clothes. When I last went to the museum this year they'd taken her down though.

The next few pictures are of Mesolithic-Chalcolithic finds in the Ceredigion area. My favourite thing is the reproduction pot underneath the woodpigeon taxidermy (the museum is full of random taxidermy animals, I like to see how many I can spot each visit!). The original pot is there too and contained remains of a meal of porridge and crab apple. Delicious!

The next four images are of Bronze Age artifacts. Various urns, sherds and bronze axes.

After that is an image I took of two very special spoons from Castell Nadolig. Nobody knows the exact function, but they're often referred to as Iron Age divination spoons. These ones weren't out last time I visited either, they may be on loan or elsewhere for preservation.

And the final image is of some Roman rooftiles. These are the oldest examples of roofing anywhere in the region!

[wtf-fun-factss]

In 2012, a Britain named Wesley Carrington bought a cheap metal detector and within 20 minutes found a “solidi” gold coin, which dated back more than 1600 years. He continued to dig and found 54 more of the 22 carat gold coins. The coins were estimated to be worth £100,000. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: Beginner Detectorist Finds Gold Roman Coins Worth £100,000 - TheDetectorist

[imperium-romanum]

Roman Age Discovery In Central Norway Excites Archaeologists

A bronze cauldron dating back to the Roman Age has been unearthed in a burial cairn near Trondheim in central Norway.

By David Nikel

“A bronze cauldron dating back to the Roman Age has been unearthed in a burial cairn in central Norway. It is the first such find in the country for fifty years and sheds new light on the region’s role in the Roman Empire.”

“The grave south of Trondheim is one of two sites being investigated by archaeologists from the NTNU University Museum. The work is being carried out prior to the construction of the rerouted E6 highway to Oslo, as all new construction work in Norway is required to take into consideration the impact on cultural heritage.”

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[hermionefanfics]

√ Dramione (Draco x Hermione) √ Setting: Roman age √ 1 chapter √ My score: ❤❤❤ (enjoyable) √ Rating: M √ Language: ***** (close to no mistakes)

Draco is a Roman senator in need of a tutor for his young son, Scorpius. Hermione is a Greek slave, more qualified than any other mage in the empire to educate the boy.

My notes: Aw here it is, my first historical AU! Seem to be reading a lot of ‘firsts’ lately. 😁

[thomasgregor]

[bairdthecelt-blog]

Tacitus noted that this Iron Age army of tall, reddish-haired men with great limbs, fought using a metre-long sword and a small round buckler shield in battle. They were the first army in recorded history to use these weapons. (Forerunners of the Scottish dirk and targe (shield) were developed during the Bronze Age.)  Because of their yellowish-red hair, Tacitus thought that the Caledonians (Scottish) were from Germany. He wrote that the leader, Calgacus the Swordsman, gave a rousing speech to his men before the battle.   The Roman soldiers of the ninth legion, with their cropped hair and professional skills in battle formations, killed thousands of the Caledonians including their leader Calgacus. Thirty years later the wild men from the Highlands made savage attacks on village's along the Antonine Wali, wiping out the 9th legion. Although the Romans feared the Pictish navy, they made surprise raids on the north shore of the Firth of Forth in 208 AD, landing an army from its fleet of ships. An uneasy peace followed, but the Romans were unable to conquer the land to the north. In 296 AD the Pictish people or "painted ones" as first referred to in Roman literature by the writer Eumenius and the word Pict, in reference to the nation beyond the Antonine Wall, was recorded for posterity.   The Alexandrian Greek mathematician and geographer Claudius Ptolemy, produced in the 2nd century AD,  a map of the British Isles which gave names to the tribes settled in various regions; between the Beauly Firth and the Strath of Kildonan he placed a people which he called the Decantae. The great Bede, writing in 731 A.D., recorded four groups of people living in Britain: the Britons (Welsh), PICTS,SCOTS (Scottish), and Angles (English).

J. Douglas Ross.

[giovannifluo]

Sol lucet omnibus.