The Romans in Colchester
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Excavating the CA Archive – Roman Colchester - Current Archaeology
Colchester’s first CA cover feature came in 1973, though the article within was more focused on nearby Chelmsford – Roman Caesaromagus. Last month’s visit to Chester/Deva got me of Roman Britain. I have previously visited Silchester/Calleva (CA 337, April 2018), Wroxeter/Viroconium (CA 338, May 2018), and London (CA 416, November 2024), but what about other Roman towns and cities? Going through the CA archive, I realised that I touched on Colche…
The Romans in Colchester
Years ago, I often used to take students to the Castle Museum at Colchester. It killed several birds with one stone. There were great Roman things to see (including the buried remains of the Temple of the Emperor Claudius), but it was also a good prompt for getting students to think about museum display and about the different ways of engaging visitors with the Romans in Britain. I remember that the big hit with the students was always the dress…
It looks like a scene taken from the Red Wedding of Game of Thrones. A brutal massacre with dozens of people involved 2,000 years ago in Dorset (England). For decades these deaths were blamed on the Roman invasion of Britain in the year 43 after Christ. But the truth concealed something much more sinister.Continue reading...
A Celtic fortress in southern England houses brutally prepared bodies. According to new results, the "Overkill" was not due to a Roman attack, but to internal conflicts.
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