Founded in 1910 for the study of Roman history, archaeology, literature and art down to about A.D. 700. Based at Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU. www.romansociety.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/theromansoc.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/theromansoc.bsky.social/post/3mv4dcgoodt2hStarts next Wednesday! Still time to enrol on our new online course, 'Exploring the World of Sappho', with Sam Newington. Live weekly sessions start Wednesday 16 September (6-7.30pm, UK time), or watch the recordings when it suits you! https://www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event-Registration/EventId/2909 Sep 2026 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:wrdkxnuo5b7ly6ydlbstyubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4dcgoodt2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/theromansoc.bsky.social/post/3mtyvznbqgs2kRegistration now open for our new online course! Exploring the World of Sappho, with Sam Newington. Live weekly sessions start Wednesday 16 September (6-7.30pm, UK time), or watch the recordings when it suits you! https://www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event-Registration/EventId/2926 Aug 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:wrdkxnuo5b7ly6ydlbstyubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyvznbqgs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/theromansoc.bsky.social/post/3mu3n7nmrt225'Roman stones said to be Wales’ earliest portraits displayed for first time' https://nation.cymru/news/roman-stones-said-to-be-wales-earliest-portraits-displayed-for-first-time27 Aug 2026 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:wrdkxnuo5b7ly6ydlbstyubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3n7nmrt225https://bsky.app/profile/theromansoc.bsky.social/post/3mtz4rdoeaq2a'Plans to save 'first of its kind' Roman villa' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93e5exp5l4o26 Aug 2026 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:wrdkxnuo5b7ly6ydlbstyubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtz4rdoeaq2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/theromansoc.bsky.social/post/3mtyvznbqgs2kRegistration now open for our new online course! Exploring the World of Sappho, with Sam Newington. Live weekly sessions start Wednesday 16 September (6-7.30pm, UK time), or watch the recordings when it suits you! https://www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event-Registration/EventId/2926 Aug 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:wrdkxnuo5b7ly6ydlbstyubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyvznbqgs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/theromansoc.bsky.social/post/3mty7cvm4y22f'Britain’s Finest Roman Villa Hid a Gruesome Secret Beneath Its Mosaics' https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a73497750/roman-villa-massacre/26 Aug 2026 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:wrdkxnuo5b7ly6ydlbstyubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mty7cvm4y22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/theromansoc.bsky.social/post/3mty6pr4lgk2fDolly, you were nothing less than a muse, a goddess in your inspiration to us all. sit tibi terra levis. [Image of Melpone depicted in mosaic at Trier, Germany from https://www.romansociety.org/Imago/Image-Details/id/2248]26 Aug 2026 11:03 +0000at://did:plc:wrdkxnuo5b7ly6ydlbstyubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mty6pr4lgk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/theromansoc.bsky.social/post/3mst2jq6jm22oSeeing news reports of the horrific wildfires in so many places made us remember this excavation image from the old GPO site on Newgate St, London. It shows traces of a terrifying fire that destroyed a Roman building. https://www.romansociety.org/Imago/Image-Details/id/282511 Aug 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:wrdkxnuo5b7ly6ydlbstyubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mst2jq6jm22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/theromansoc.bsky.social/post/3mspzk3sp4k2pConsidering the *checks IMAGO database* becoming a fisherman on a dolphin option today. It looks refreshing - to our eyes, at least. The mosaic is from the Yakto complex, at Antioch, Turkey. #MosaicMonday https://www.romansociety.org/Imago/Image-Details/id/108610 Aug 2026 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:wrdkxnuo5b7ly6ydlbstyubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mspzk3sp4k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/theromansoc.bsky.social/post/3mruv2azugg2o'A Hairdresser Noticed Something Strange About Roman Statues—and Solved a 2,000-Year-Old Puzzle' https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a73229483/ancient-romans-beauty-secret/30 Jul 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:wrdkxnuo5b7ly6ydlbstyubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mruv2azugg2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/theromansoc.bsky.social/post/3mrut7egq6l2n'Someone Scratched Homer’s Odyssey Into a Brick 1,800 Years Ago' https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/odyssey-verses-roman-brick-olympia-repubz/30 Jul 2026 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:wrdkxnuo5b7ly6ydlbstyubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrut7egq6l2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/theromansoc.bsky.social/post/3mrsayupppo2r'Roman Republican silver hoard highlights early links beyond the border' https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/07/roman-republican-silver-hoard-highlights-early-links-beyond-the-border/15869729 Jul 2026 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:wrdkxnuo5b7ly6ydlbstyubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsayupppo2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/theromansoc.bsky.social/post/3mrs7ezz43n2r'Transparent desires: Delving into the Roman lapis specularis mines ' https://the-past.com/feature/transparent-desires-delving-into-the-roman-lapis-specularis-mines/?nsl_bypass_cache=df13795f33966c136d5710b1ffc64a9529 Jul 2026 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:wrdkxnuo5b7ly6ydlbstyubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrs7ezz43n2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/theromansoc.bsky.social/post/3mrptyujnoe2n'Railway Construction Reveals a Coin Minted by a Roman Officer Who Proclaimed Himself ‘Emperor of the North’ in Britain 1,700 Years Ago' https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/railway-construction-reveals-coin-minted-by-roman-officer-who-proclaimed-himself-emperor-of-the-north-in-britain-1700-years-ago-180989160/28 Jul 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:wrdkxnuo5b7ly6ydlbstyubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrptyujnoe2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/theromansoc.bsky.social/post/3mrn6ztbjr226'Roman villa with rare polychrome mosaic and bathhouse uncovered beneath Devon farmland' #MosaicMonday https://archaeologymag.com/2026/07/roman-villa-with-mosaic-beneath-devon/27 Jul 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:wrdkxnuo5b7ly6ydlbstyubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrn6ztbjr226https://bsky.app/profile/theromansoc.bsky.social/post/3mrn6uwdiok26'Heatwave reveals lost archaeological sites across Wales' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn8n99241y3o27 Jul 2026 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:wrdkxnuo5b7ly6ydlbstyubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrn6uwdiok26https://bsky.app/profile/theromansoc.bsky.social/post/3mrn6kzzfhc2iFor #MosaicMonday how about a cool octopus with three fishes from Volubilis (Morocco)? https://www.romansociety.org/Imago/Image-Details/id/204127 Jul 2026 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:wrdkxnuo5b7ly6ydlbstyubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrn6kzzfhc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/theromansoc.bsky.social/post/3mp2aonflvr27The 'Diving Stone' at Bath, UK. This was a hot pool though, so we might give it a miss today. https://www.romansociety.org/Imago/Image-Details/id/103524 Jun 2026 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:wrdkxnuo5b7ly6ydlbstyubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp2aonflvr27https://bsky.app/profile/theromansoc.bsky.social/post/3mrdbrsfeu324'Museum set to recreate Roman Malton 200AD ' https://www.yorkmix.com/museum-set-to-recreate-roman-malton-200ad23 Jul 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:wrdkxnuo5b7ly6ydlbstyubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdbrsfeu324https://bsky.app/profile/theromansoc.bsky.social/post/3mranqgd3zz2d'Gloucester Festival of Archaeology invites visitors to discover the city's hidden history' https://www.soglos.com/event/culture/gloucester-festival-of-archaeology/2172122 Jul 2026 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:wrdkxnuo5b7ly6ydlbstyubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mranqgd3zz2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/theromansoc.bsky.social/post/3mranqgk6qn2d'Women on ancient Roman farms were in charge of making wine, oil – and profits. Historians dismissed them as ‘housekeepers’' https://theconversation.com/women-on-ancient-roman-farms-were-in-charge-of-making-wine-oil-and-profits-historians-dismissed-them-as-housekeepers-28113222 Jul 2026 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:wrdkxnuo5b7ly6ydlbstyubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mranqgk6qn2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/theromansoc.bsky.social/post/3mram4ms3le2aStatue of Athena from Rome. https://www.romansociety.org/Imago/Image-Details/id/257322 Jul 2026 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:wrdkxnuo5b7ly6ydlbstyubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mram4ms3le2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/theromansoc.bsky.social/post/3mr66rwq2hr24Sculpture of Greek warrior's head from Rome. Came into our head for some reason. https://www.romansociety.org/Imago/Image-Details/id/273021 Jul 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:wrdkxnuo5b7ly6ydlbstyubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr66rwq2hr24