Romans in Britain
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The campaigners have reached their goal … does this mean that the Circus is saved or are there other hurdles? Campaigners in Colchester hit their target yesterday of raising £200,000 towards saving the only Roman chariot-racing circus ever found in Britain. Nothing remains above ground except a few stones, but the campaigners aim to buy…
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Not quite sure of the ‘military’ claim here: A hoard of 208 coins found in a Suffolk field could have belonged to a retired Roman soldier. The collection of silver denarii coins was discovered in an undisclosed area of north Suffolk last spring, an inquest heard. Greater Suffolk Coroner Peter Dean determined the find to…
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Interesting item: IT IS almost 2,000 years old and was thought to have been lost forever, but now an ancient Roman bust is being preserved for future generations. Conservationists have begun the painstaking process of restoring a marble carving of the Roman god Jupiter which has been rediscovered at Fountains Abbey, near Ripon. The piece…
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This just in: A GOLD ring and a gemstone found in a field near Upton Grey date back to Roman times, an inquest in Basingstoke heard. The ring dates back to the third century, and the gemstone from the first or second century. They were found on January 18 last year by Martin Barker, a…
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Interesting find/followup: THE Romans had something to declare at Exeter Airport – 2,000 years after they arrived in Devon.Passing through customs was a very old pot that the visitors had left behind during their stay in the county some time in the mid-70s AD.The black-burnished urn was dug up during an archaeological dig in Cullompton…
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