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All the latest information about discoveries from the world of ancient Romans. I encourage you to let me know about any Roman news and to indicate any corrections or inaccuracies. I try to search for material everywhere, but it is natural that not everything will be noticed by me.
In Vindolanda (northern England) a mouthpiece for a Roman musical instrument – cornu was discovered. The object was found in the area where the Roman officers’ building (schola) used to be located.
Recent research from Kalkriese, near Osnabrück (western Germany), suggests that this was the place where the Roman legions of Varus last resisted the Germans in the famous Battle of Teutoburg Forest in 9 CE.
In 2017, in a field in Lincolnshire (Eastern England), two treasure hunters discovered an amazing treasure – 281 Roman coins dating back 1700 years.
Archaeologists are conducting excavations on the outskirts of the French city of Vienne, in the southeast of the country. The researchers refer to the study area as ‘little Pompeii’.
In the ancient city of Volubilis, in northern Morocco, remains of a Roman watchtower were found, which was included in the defence system of Mauritania Tingitana, the westernmost Roman province.
An ancient Roman mosaic has been discovered in the Pausilypon Archaeological Park in Naples, which dates back to the end of the 1st century BCE. According to the researchers, the mosaic probably decorated the living room of a luxurious villa, which could have been owned by Publius Vedius Pollio himself. However, this is still only a hypothesis.
In 2017, scientists discovered the remains of a Roman settlement and burial sites in the English countryside of Fenstanton, Cambridgeshire.
A pair of treasure hunters have discovered nearly 2,000 Roman coins in a field in Cornwall, England. As it turned out, these are finds from the 3rd century CE.
