#RomanFortThursday - Portchester Castle’s superb late 3rd century bastions.

A short video of the impressive ditches along the east side of Ardoch Roman fort in Scotland for #RomanFortThursday . Established in the late 1st century and rebuilt twice, it has been described as of the best preserved forts in the Roman Empire.

Quinctilius Varus, give me back my legions!
Incredible to stand in front of the Kalkriese segmentata and hear Augustus’s anguished cry echoing across the centuries. Hugely impressive, thought provoking artefact.
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The #PlaymobilInfestation pays tribute to the artwork of Peter Connolly.
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Menteith is a large #Roman fort at the mouth of Glen Ard in #Perthshire , completed around 85AD. It may have only been occupied briefly before being abandoned. Roman camps are located to the south east& north west. The fort is in on the Loch shore. #Roman FortThursday

“Londinium will fall.”
Eyeing up the Roman wall, Vine Street.
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Roman warfare BC (Before Computer games). Airfix Caesar’s Gate playset and two packs of reinforcements.
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The Night’s Watch.
Three legionaries on a relief from Croy Hill fort on the Antonine Wall in Scotland, mid 2nd century AD.
Currently in the Legion exhibition ⁦British Museum⁩
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A pan across the late #Roman coastal fort of Portchester (PORTVS ADVRNI) #Hampshire , from the top of the later Norman keep English Heritage

Solid stone walls stand watch over Portsmouth Harbour (MAGNVS PORTVS) just as they did 1,700 years ago

🎥 April 2024

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#RomanFortThursday with Brecon Gaer fort 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 the outline & the masonry of the gates clearly visible

Reconstruction of how Castleshaw Roman fortlet may have looked in about AD120 by artist Graham Sumner…well it is #RomanFortThursday

A little throwback to a truly magical trip to North Wales when my bestie Clara and I were blessed by the gods to have such a perfect sunset at Tomen y Mur Roman fort 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Not a bad place to set up shop, I’d say 😍

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The nine British Saxon Shore forts in the Notitia Dignitatum. Bodleian Library, Oxford.
#History #Archaeology #art

The graffito of a horse at Birdoswald Roman Fort on Hadrian’s Wall in Cumbria. The horse is carved into one of the stones at the base of the remains of the drill hall - easy to miss! #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain 📸 My own.

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The Castrum at Masada. Note the classical 'playing-card' layout. #Roman legionary (X Fretensis) castra at Masada, Israel, viewed from the fortress walls; constructed 72-73 AD.
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#RomanFortThursday —Petavonium, a Roman legionary fortress (Zamora, Spain) - founded to monitor the movements of the Astures peoples. The Legio X Gemina remained in Petavonium from 19 BC to 63 AD, when Nero moved her out of the peninsula, to the Danube limes (Panony).

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A fearsome Roman dragon head (draco). Copper alloy, AD 190-260. Part of a military standard which whistled eerily as the rider charged into battle!

Here’s how it may have sounded: youtube.com/watch?v=xzZBJm…

Found at the Limes fortress of Niederbieber, Germany.

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Housesteads was a #Roman auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall, at Housesteads, Northumberland. It is dramatically positioned on the end of the mile-long crag of the Whin Sill over which the Wall runs, overlooking sparsely populated hills.
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“Londinium will never fall.”
A lone sentinel, Roman wall at Vine Street.
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For #RomanFortThursday a basket found in a well at the eastern fort at Welzheim. The damp environment has preserved it in a good condition.

On display at our branch museum Limesmuseum Aalen

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