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I am a Roman soldier
Romans day at the museum
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Face Pot
Face pot dedicated to Mercury, found in Lincoln. Picture taken at the British Museum 2007.
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Roman Burial
From a Christian cemetery dating to AD340 in what is now Burt Road Colchester a grave chamber made of timber held the bodies of two people. They appeared to be a wealthy husband and wife. There bones showed that the man had a serious head injury but recovered the woman was about 5 feet 3 inches tall...
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The Colchester Vase
A beautiful decorated pot discovered in a grave at West Lodge in Colchester dating from AD175. The item was probably made in Colchester. It depicts four gladiators and is one of the fines examples of Romano-British ceramic art known.
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The Colchester Sphin...
The Sphinx was a symbol of death to Greek and Romans. This was discovered in 1821 just West of the Balkerne Gate in the grounds of St Mary's hospital this sculpture would have formed part of an elaborate tomb.
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Tombstone of a Centu...
The tombstone of Centurion Marcus Favonius Facilis. It shows the costume of a Roman Centurion. The vine stick tells that he is a centurion. He is wearing a dagger, body and leg armour. The tomb would have originally be brightly painted. His tomb was found Beverley Road Colchester in 1868. His remain...
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Tombstone of a Caval...
This is the tombstone of Longinus Sdapeze, a junior officer in the cavalry regiment. He is wearing a leather tunic with diamond-shaped plates of metal sewn on. He carried a spear in his right hand. He died between AD 43-49 whilst the Roman army was stationed in Colchester. He was from the Regiment o...
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The Temple of Claudi...
Beneath Colchester Castle are the remains of the 'Temple of the Divine Claudius' (built 44AD). This is where the emperor of Rome, Claudius, was worshipped as a God. The Romans saw the temple as a symbol of their power and success. It became a main target of a rebellion led by Queen Boudica, when Col...
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A Broken Leg on a Ro...
A healed broken leg on a Romano-British skeleton from Baldock, Hertfordshire. The broken bone is the femur (thigh-bone) and the bone is thicker aound the break, where it has mended.
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The Temple of Claudi...
Beneath Colchester Castle are the remains of the 'Temple of the divine Claudius' (built 44AD). This is where the emperor of Rome, Claudius, was worshipped as a God. The Romans saw the temple as a symbol of their power and success. It became a main target of a rebellion led by Queen Boudica, when Col...
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