Tessera

Judith Jesch@judithjesch.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Sigh. More interesting things to get utterly distracted by. I'll just get myself a coffee before perusing

People need to get familiar with kepn.nottingham.ac.uk and @englishplacenames.bsky.social

It's our last talk of the season this coming Thursday (March 26) evening. We've now caught up a bit so all the previous talks are available on YouTbe as well. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/on-the-roa...

On the road in the Western Roman Empire, by Prof. Tony King

Tony King takes a look at some of the settlements that developed along Roman roads from Italy, through Gaul, and finally to Britain.

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Chuck Norris and Jenni Murray. There's a combination

These look fab 😍However, I must not buy any more books. No, I really mustn't. They need a good home - who will be that person?

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If you've ever missed any of our talks, most of them are on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@romanroadsr... Many points of discussion included. Such as what are the state of Mike Haken's curtains? That's a timeless classic.

Roman Roads Research Association

Welcome to the Roman Roads Research Association's You Tube Channel. The Roman Roads Research Association is the only organization in the world devoted to the study of Roman roads, not just in Britain...

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Nosying at maps, as one does, before this evening's talk around Bicester. It's not an area I know at all, so I've been sucked into all sorts of connected wormholes of military railways, DMVs (do we still call them that?), roads of all ages, just all sorts of interesting stuff

RR160 runs (partly) between Bicester and Towcester. A finer example of 'names utterly confusing unless you've heard them pronounced by a local' I can't think of.

Next talk, the one that was postponed, is now tomorrow (Thu 26th Feb) evening. Tix: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/conquest-a... Apparently it was 'unforeseen circumstances' that caused its postponement rather than any of the splendidly creative reasons you came up with. Shame but looks like a good talk

Conquest and Change in the Hinterland of Roman Alchester, by Becky Haslam

Becky Haslam will talk about AOC's excavations that revealed the development of the hinterland of the Roman town of Alchester

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PS Don't forget Saint Valentine (possibly two of the many) was buried next to the Via Flaminia. See, romance and Roman roads all together.

It's sunshiny and mild. Get outside. Stop looking at the your phones/laptops/other electronic devices talking to people online you've never met but have the same niche interests as you. Go and find some snowdrops.

Rory Naismith@rorynaismith.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Note to self. Love a bit of Mercia

For anyone who's interested @waterstones.bsky.social is running a special pre-order offer (no pun intended) on my new book about King Offa of Mercia, valid from Friday 20 Feb. eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Rory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Yesterday I mentioned our next talk was Feb 19th. That's currently postponed. More when I have more info. Meanwhile feel free to speculate why as that is apparently what the internet is for. Free reposts for the most imaginative suggestion based on no facts whatsoever.

We've got another talk coming up. Conquest and Change in the Hinterland of Roman Alchester: impact, development and legacy from Becky Haslam of the AOC Archaeology group Thursday 19 Feb at 7.30 online. Tix: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/conquest-a...

Conquest and Change in the Hinterland of Roman Alchester, by Becky Haslam

Becky Haslam will talk about AOC's excavations that revealed the development of the hinterland of the Roman town of Alchester

eventbrite.co.uk

Buckinghamshire Archives@bucksarchives.bsky.social · 6mo ago

What a useful document. (Hang on, is that the right phrase, just let me check)

Another useful guide from your friends at Buckinghamshire Archives

A meme of 'Is this a document?' showing a grid with various classifications of things that might be documents based on their content and structure, graded between purist and radical. Each box has a matching image of the contents, including the USS Enterprise, a WAV waveform, the Boarstall Cartulary, and Scrabble.

There's a shed load of bridleways/tracks along the chalk ridge I note. Need a nice, mild dry day. I dream of nice, mild dry days and long rides. I bet it's a really old track, too. Folk must have been using that for as long as they've been in the area

Is that just not a little bit crazy? And wonderful. mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/geoindex/hom... is another of those frankly just amazing resources online these days.

Geological map of the Isle of Purbeck. It's bonkers. So many different rocks and geological processes going on in such a tiny area. Mind blowing. I don't know enough about this stuff to be able to describe it any better.

This all came about after Rob from @romanpalace.bsky.social 's talk last week and him sending me a paper to read about where the tesserae come from

I seem to have spent a chunk of the day looking at the Isle of Purbeck on maps and street view. This is all the fault of @romanpalace.bsky.social as usual. Or maybe it's my longstanding weakness for looking at maps. Not that I personally consider map-looking a weakness.

Tony Divey@tonydivey.bsky.social · 7mo ago

And quite right to be excited, too

Excited about our upcoming exhibition ! www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/rel...

Don't forget Ian Jackson will be talking about rocks tomorrow night, Thursday 22 Jan. Tix here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-did-r... 'What can a better understanding of geology do for archaeologists? A lot more than it currently does.' Which sounds rather promising

What did rocks ever do for the Romans?

Ian Jackson takes an entertaining look at the role of geology in archaeology

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John McCafferty@jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Absolutely nothing to do with Roman roads but Dolly. What a legend. Just like Romulus and Remus.

We interrupt normal #otd date range to bring you: Dolly Parton, b. #otd 19 Jan 1946. Happy 80th birthday Dolly! (RCA Records, 1977)

Next season's National CX dates are out already. Yes, it's a cross over post. One round is in Pontypool. Someone is chelping about that already. 'Why would you want to go to Pontypool?' I got as far as 'tramroad tunnel' on google maps before deciding I'm definitely doing that round

@romanpalace.bsky.social My mother informed me earlier to day that I have been to the palace. 'You were quite small,' she added. Then thought about it further and realised she might only have been pregnant. Either way it's been a while.