The leap year is February 29, not December 32 due to a Roman calendar quirk – and fastidious medieval monks: St Benedict delivering his rule to the monks of his order. WikiCommons, CC BY-SA Have you ever wondered why the extra day of the leap year falls on February 29, an odd date in the …
Museum classifies Roman emperor as trans – but modern labels oversimplify ancient gender identities: The Roses of Heliogabalus by Alma-Tadema (1888) depicts a feast thrown by Elagabalus. Musée Jacquemart-André Elagabalus ruled as Roman emperor for just four years before being murdered in AD 222. He was still a teenager when he died. Despite his short …
How often do you think about the Roman empire? TikTok trend exposed the way we gender history: Andrej Maculskij/Shutterstock How often do you think about the Roman empire? This question, posed to men by their partners on social media app TikTok, has led to a storm of viral videos. Women are amused to discover the …
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Roman temple thought to be dedicated to Mars could actually have been used to worship many gods – expert explains: In April, archaeologists excavating at La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz, in Britanny, France, announced that they had discovered a large Roman temple, dating between the late first century BC and fourth century AD. They speculated that it had …
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How archaeologists reconstructed a Roman gateway to tell the story of Britain’s invasion: Visitors to Richborough Roman fort near Sandwich in east Kent will now find a major new addition to the site: a reconstructed Roman fort gateway in timber, flanked by stretches of an earthwork rampart. The gate has been built on the site …
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Were there gladiators in Roman Britain? An expert reviews the evidence: The Colchester vase, dating to the later second century AD. Following Hadrian/Flickr, CC BY-SA In 1853, a Roman vase was found being used as a container for ashes in a grave outside Roman Colchester. Dating to the later second century AD, it depicted four …
Roman dildo could have been made by shoemakers – an expert in ancient prosthetics explains: In 1992, archaeologists excavating at the site of the Roman fort of Vindolanda on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland discovered what they thought was a darning tool. The artefact was subsequently ignored and as a result remained unresearched. Until now. Recently, …
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Pompeii’s House of the Vettii reopens: a reminder that Roman sexuality was far more complex than simply gay or straight: As Pompeii’s House of the Vettii finally reopens after a long process of restoration, news outlets appear to be struggling with how to report on the Roman sex cultures so well recorded in the ruins …
Rutland Roman villa: how we found one of the most significant mosaics discovered in the UK: Archaeology students and ULAS staff from University of Leicester carefully clean the fully exposed Trojan War mosaic. © ULAS, Author provided The discovery of a previously unknown Roman villa in rural Rutland during the 2020 lockdown was one of …
How we used ancient coins to show a ‘fake’ Roman emperor was real: The coin bearing the head of the mysterious Sponsian. Hunterian Glasgow, Author provided All that was previously known about the supposed Roman emperor Sponsian was gleaned from a handful of gold coins that have been regarded as forgeries for over 150 years. …
The discovery of a new phallic carving in Roman northern England is more than funny – it could be a powerful talisman: The Vindolanda Trust The fort of Vindolanda, on the Hadrianic frontier (south of Hadrian’s wall), now in northern England, is an internationally famous site, which was occupied by Romans between 85 AD and …
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