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Part of a wall painting from a Roman villa
This wall painting was found at Lullingstone, Kent, in the D…
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Pottery ink-well
The pottery ink-well is inscribed with its owner's name, Iuc…
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Pottery mortarium
Roman tastes in food favoured the use of sauces, relishes an…
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Pottery oil lamp
This mould-made lamp belongs to a type known as a volute-lam…
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Pottery oil-lamp
This lamp is known as a volute-lamp, so called from the form…
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Pyxis
We cannot be certain of the precise function of this pyxis …
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Samian ware vase
The form of this cylindrical vase is categorized as Dragendo…
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Sarcophagus
When this sarcophagus was excavated, a lead coffin with the …
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Sculpture of a lion overpowering a ram
This sculpture was probably from a cemetery or mausoleum out…
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Section of façade from a Roman building at Meonstoke
This is a section of the façade of an aisled barn-like build…
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Sherd of painted glass
Cups made from thin, colourless glass with delicately painte…
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Silver arm and plaque from a small statue of Victory
The plaque was originally attached to the wrist. The inscrip…
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Silver dish with niello decoration from the Mildenhall treasure
With a diameter of 55.6 cm and weight of 5,023 grammes, this…
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Silver hairpin with hand
The terminal of this silver hairpin is shaped as a hand hold…
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Silver ingot
Silver ingots like this were used to pay soldiers and civil …
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Silver ladles from the Mildenhall treasure
Deep, round-bowled spoons like this have been found in a num…
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Statue of a hunter-god, possibly Attis
Attis was the young lover of the goddess Cybele, the 'Great …
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Statuette of a mother-goddess
This statuette was made in a mould from a fine white clay ca…
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Stone female head
This large female head was probably a finial from a monument…
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Terrets from the Polden Hill hoard
These terrets were part of a chariot, cart or wagon. Each te…
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The Leadenhall Street Mosaic
This mosaic is of earlier date than most surviving mosaics f…
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Tile antefix
This object was one of a row of ornate terminals set along t…
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Tombstone of Gaius Julius Alpinus Classicianus
This is the reconstructed tombstone of Gaius Julius Alpinus …
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Tombstone of Gaius Saufeius
The short epitaph on the tombstone gives us quite a lot of i…
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Two iron pilum heads
The pilum , or javelin was carried by legionary soldiers. It…
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Two steelyard weights
These weights (2361 g and 2347 g), for a statera or steelyar…
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Writing-tablet with a letter of appeal
The letter was intended for the governor of the province, si…
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Writing-tablet with a line from Virgil
In the commanding officer's residence ( praetorium ) at Vind…
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Writing-tablet with account of money received
This tablet contains an account that may have been that of a…
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Writing-tablet with an intelligence report
Translation: '... the Britons are unprotected by armour (?)…
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Marble statue of the emperor Hadrian, in Greek dress
The Roman emperor Hadrian is shown here in the himation (a G…
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Base-silver radiate of Carausius, with the emperors Diocletian and Maximian
If you had told an ancient Roman that Britain would go on to…
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Base-silver radiate of Maximian
Roman coins stopped being used as official currency in Brita…
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Base-silver radiate of the usurper emperor Allectus
In AD 286, Carausius, a commander in the Roman army, proclai…
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Brass sestertii of Hadrian showing Personifications of Africa and Spain
Hadrian spent many years travelling extensively throughout h…
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Brass sestertius of Hadrian
All Roman emperors found it vital to stay popular with the s…
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Brass sestertius of Nero
The emperor Nero is mostly remembered as the tyrannical empe…
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Brass sestertius of Titus, showing the Colosseum
Roman coins often depicted buildings and monuments in the ci…
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Brass sestertius with the omen of the great sow
The Romans traditionally dated the foundation of their city …
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Bronze as of Antoninus Pius, showing Britannia
Britannia, the personification of Britain, first appears on …
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Bronze coin of Augustus and Agrippa, with pig's trotter appendage
This coin was produced at the town of Colonia Nemausus, anci…
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Bronze coin of Caracalla with Christian graffiti
This large bronze coin was minted at the Greek city of Cyzic…
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Bronze coin of Ephesos, reign of emperor Macrinus
This bronze coin of Ephesos comes from the reign of the Roma…
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Bronze coin of Ephesos, reign of Valerian
This bronze coin of Ephesos comes from the period of the rul…
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Bronze coin of Pontius Pilate, Procurator of Judaea
The Herodian dynasty lost its sole control over Judaea in AD…
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Bronze coin of Smyrna, reign of emperor Caracalla
This bronze coin of Smyrna comes from the period of the rule…
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Bronze coin of Tarsus, reign of emperor Elagabalus
This bronze coin of the eastern city of Tarsus comes from th…
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Bronze coin of the city of Alexandria, reign of emperor Hadrian
In 30 BC Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire. Unlike…
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Bronze coin of the city of Alexandria, reign of emperor Hadrian
The Ptolemaic kings had consciously sought to turn Egypt int…
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Bronze nummus of Magnentius with Christogram
For most of the fourth century AD, Roman society was a curio…
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Bronze sestertius of Nero with harbour scene
Under the emperor Nero (reigned AD 54-68) the artistic achie…
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Bronze sestertius with the Circus Maximus
The Circus Maximus was the greatest hippodrome (chariot-raci…
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Didcot hoard
Hoards of Roman coins are quite common in Britain - over 120…
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Gold aurei of Nero
The coinage of the earlier Roman Empire allows us to study t…
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Gold aurei with portraits of the young Faustina II
Roman ladies of the imperial court were keen followers of fa…
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Gold aureus consecration coin of Septimius Severus
Septimius Severus (reigned AD 193-211) was coincidentally th…
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Gold aureus of Aurelian
When Aurelian became emperor in AD 270, the Roman world was …
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Gold aureus of emperor Caligula
This coin was made in Rome in the first century AD, but was …
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Gold aureus of emperor Claudius
For the ancient Romans, Britain was on the edge of the known…
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Gold aureus of emperor Marcus Aurelius, set in a gold ring
In modern Britain, a gold sovereign set in a finger ring or …
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Gold aureus of Octavian
It must be hard to be an emperor and a republican at the sam…
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Gold aureus showing Trajan's Column
The monumental column of the emperor Trajan (AD 98-117) is o…
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Gold aureus with a facing portrait of Postumus
The use of the portrait is the most persistent and usually t…
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Gold medallion of Constantius I Chlorus
In AD 296 Britain was again annexed to the Roman Empire afte…
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Gold medallion showing Constantine the Great at prayer
Constantine's reign (AD 306-337) marks a turning point in Ro…
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Gold solidus of Magnus Maximus
Magnus Maximus (ruled AD 383-8) a military commander in Roma…
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Nummus of Diocletian
Almost all Roman emperors left imperial office by dying. If …
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Roman coins reused as weights in an Anglo-Saxon balance
Gold and silver coins have an intrinsic value because they a…
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