Roman Era

Experimental Roman Minting: Casting Silver-Copper Alloys into a Bronze Mould

Author(s)
Nicola George 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2021/1
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***This paper provides the details of a Roman minting experiment, which used a bronze mould to cast debased silver blanks typical of the third century A.D. The investigation follows the paper ''Experiments reproducing Roman debased alloys" (George, 2020) which studied the manufacturing methods used...

The Gladiator Myth - the Stars of Antiquity during the Roman Days

The Gladiator Myth - the Stars of Antiquity during the Roman Days
Date
Organised by
Roman Villa Borg
Country
Germany

An exciting highlight for visitors to the Roman Days in Villa Borg: gladiators first give an insight into ancient tactics and technology. They show the difference between a show and a real fight - between "Hollywood" and reality. After their presentations, brave visitors can join in and take part in the trai

Roman Week

Roman Week
Date
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Organised by
Archeon (NL)
Country
the Netherlands

During the Roman week there are a number of activities in Archeon.

Get amazed during the spectacular gladiator show, be part of the sacred temple ceremony of Nehalennia, and experience the Roman bathhouse rituals.

The Past Has a Future! 2021

The Past has a Future! 2021
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Organised by
Department of Archaeology University of Warsaw
Country
Poland

We would like to invite you to participate in the 2nd Conference of the Faculty of Archaeology ‘Przeszłość ma przyszłość!/ The Past Has a Future!’, which will take place, in a hybrid format at the Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw (Poland) and online on March 22-26th, 2021

Alternative Reconstruction of a First Century AD Roman Cavalry Saddle

Author(s)
Moira Watson 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2021/1

Background

The design and the construction of the Roman saddle has not received much academic attention since the work done by Peter Connolly in 1986 (Connolly, 1986, p. 353) and Connolly with Carol von Driel in 1991 (Connolly, P, van Driel-Murray, C, 1991, pp. 33-50) .