The stone tells us that he was part of a cavalry unit that was originally from Spain and that he died at the age of 20 after 3 years service in the Roman Army. The gravestone was discovered near ...
This gravestone is just one example, from the National Roman Legion Museum, of how the Romans lived - and died - in the settlement they called Isca, today known as Caerleon. It is one of eight ...
This gravestone is just one example, from the National Roman Legion Museum, of how the Romans lived - and died - in the settlement they called Isca, today known as Caerleon. It is one of eight ...
Archaeologists found the ruins of an Iron Age settlement with a “rare” ancient Roman brooch buried underneath, possibly as an offering. Photo from GUARD Archaeology Sifting through the dark ...
While reading ancient Greco-Roman texts, Brøns noticed a handful of references to sweet-smelling statues. She was intrigued, so she decided to go looking for even more mentions of scented sculptures.
Excavations also revealed a gravestone at the Mosaic House ... By the 1st century BCE, it was part of the Roman Empire.