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Great illustration by the archaeologist Simon James about how paper thin the idea of Romanisation could be.

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Rate the setup

2 months ago | [YT] | 109

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I've created an AI Cicero using all of his written works. I am going to interview him, but I need your questions! Comment down below what you want to ask Cicero, whether it be about Roman history, life advice, or something else.

3 months ago | [YT] | 39

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It's been a while since I've posted a long form video since I've been focussing much more on Shorts. I'm working on three video topics, which would you prefer to see?

3 months ago | [YT] | 19

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Filming today at Felixstowe Museum, the home of archaeological artefacts found near Walton Castle. The Roman fort was lost to coastal erosion, but on particularly low tides some of the ruins are visible. Stay tuned!

6 months ago | [YT] | 29

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Moments before disaster...

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Hope this helps!

11 months ago | [YT] | 22

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BOUDICCA! This marvellous Victorian era statue is of the Iceni queen with her two daughters riding triumphantly on a Celtic war chariot. Boudicca faces the UK Parliament in London defiantly. Aside from the fact that Iceni war chariots were not scythed (no spikes on the wheels), there may be a larger problem of accuracy. Was Boudicca even real? She was the ideal enemy for the Romans: a powerful barbarian woman. Could the Romans imagine anything worse than that? Given that there is no archaeological evidence for her leadership of the rebellion that took place in 60-61 AD, some historians have argued that she was merely a construct of the Roman elite to galvanise support against the Celts during a very troublesome time in Britain. I think this argument too readily ignores the historical accounts of Boudicca, but what do you think?

1 year ago | [YT] | 20

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New video about Recycling in Ancient Rome ♻️ make sure to check it out!

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Origins of stone used by the ancient Romans to build their monuments, statues, and inscriptions. The first Roman emperor, Augustus, famously said "I found Rome a city of brick, and left it a city of marble." He was right, and his successors followed suit. Rome became a gleaming city of the finest stone (not just marble) columns, statues, plaques and edifices. Not only was it beautiful to behold, but it emphasised the Romans' power over the ancient world that they could quarry stone from anywhere in their vast empire and bring it to the eternal city, Roma.

Display from the Museo delle Navi Antiche di Pisa.

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