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#RomanFortThursday is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 15 people shared 39 posts with it — around 1 a day. Activity is up 44% versus the previous week, peaking on Sep 17 with 11 posts.

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Durotriges Dig
@durotrigesdig.bsky.social
7 days ago
A Roman sword and dagger with scabbard from Hod Hill On display together for the 1st time at Dorset Museum 📷 Sep 2026 As Peaches and Herb famously said: Reunited, and it feels so good Reunited cos we understood There's one perfect fit And centurion this one is it #RomanFortThursday
Photograph of finds in a museum case with a rusty iron dagger at the centre, with decorated scabbard to the left, and rusty sword with ornate handle at the right
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Alison Fisk
@alisonfisk.bsky.social
3 months ago
At almost 2,000 years old, this wooden toy sword is a remarkable survival from Roman times! From Vindolanda frontier fort, it gives a rare glimpse into childhood at the edge of an empire. It also shows playing with toy swords has been popular for millennia! 📷 me #RomanFortThursday #Archaeology
My photo shows a Roman toy sword made from oak wood. It is dark brown in colour, displayed against a cream surface. Measuring just 29 cm in length it has a child-sized grip, and is carved to look like an adult sword, with a semi-circular handle, a blade with pointed tip, and a semi-circular guard embellished with a centrally-set oval polished stone. The wood is remarkably well-preserved except for a break across the hilt. It was excavated in 2017 from the living quarters of the cavalry barracks at Vindolanda, a Roman fort on the northern frontier. Dated c. AD 120. It is on display at the Vindolanda site museum.
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Alison Fisk
@alisonfisk.bsky.social
about 1 month ago
A little Roman bronze dog affectionately known as the ‘Chesters Scottie dog’ 🐾 This lovely figurine was found at Chesters Roman fort on Hadrian’s Wall. You can meet this good boy at the site museum! 📷 English Heritage www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places... #RomanFortThursday #Archaeology
This English Heritage photo shows a small Roman copper alloy (bronze) figurine of a standing dog shown in profile facing right on a pale museum background. It has pointed ears, a short curled tail, and a broad, sturdy body. The surface is textured to suggest the dog’s coat which is now aged to dark brown with some greenish areas of patina. It resembles a Scottish Terrier. The figurine is dated 2nd to 3rd century AD.
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Alison Fisk
@alisonfisk.bsky.social
almost 2 years ago
Tiny 2,000 year-old Roman leather baby boot. A mini version of adult footwear. The intricate and delicately tooled uppers would have made this an expensive item. Excavated from the Commanding Officer’s residence at Vindolanda fort near Hadrian’s Wall. 📷 by me #RomanFortThursday #Archaeology
A small dark brown leather Roman baby boot. It is a mini version of an adult ‘carabatina’ shoe. The boot has intricate and delicately tooled uppers and would have been an expensive item. Excavated from the Commanding Officer’s residence at Vindolanda fort. Dated around AD 100, when the residence was lived in by Flavius Cerialis, prefect of the ninth cohort of Batavians, together with his family.
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Alison Fisk
@alisonfisk.bsky.social
10 months ago
Roman bronze dragon’s head standard, AD 190-260. Originally mounted on a pole, with a long fabric tube attached to the back of the head. When charging on horseback, the wind inflated the tube and the dragon shrieked! Niederbieber fort. Landesmuseum Koblenz. 📷 me #RomanFortThursday #Archaeology
My photo shows a Roman bronze dragon’s head from a military standard carried by Roman cavalry. The head is elongated with open jaws. The top and bottom jaws are lined with sharp triangular teeth. The top of the snout has diagonal ridges. It has a single round eye socket. The rear of the head and neck is textured with scales. At the top of the head there is a short, jagged, fin-like, upright crest. The bronze surface is weathered with greenish and gold patches. It is mounted on a dark stand in a museum display case.
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Alison Fisk
@alisonfisk.bsky.social
2 months ago
This 2,000 year-old woman’s luxury leather sandal is stamped with the maker’s name ‘Lucius Aebutius Thales’! Made in Gaul (France), it was excavated from the residence of the commanding officer at Vindolanda, a Roman fort on the northern frontier. 📷 by me #RomanFortThursday #Archaeology
My photo shows a woman’s dark-brown leather toe-thong sandal for a left foot, designed for indoor use. Dimensions L 228 mm. The outer edge of the insole has been cut with decorative lobes to shape around the wearer’s toes. The insole has been stamped with vine-leaves, cornucopiae, and a frame with the maker’s which reads ‘L AEB THALES T F’. Translated as ‘Lucius Aeb(utius) Thales, son of Titus (made this)’. This would have been an expensive shoe. It was excavated in 1972 from the period III (c. AD 90 - 105) residence of Flavius Cerialis, Vindolanda’s commanding officer who lived at the fort with his family. It’s possible the sandal belonged to his wife Sulpicia Lepidina, for which reason it is sometimes referred to as ‘Lepidina’s slipper’. It is displayed on a red background at the Vindolanda site museum in Northumberland.
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Duncan Mackay
@theduncanmackay.bsky.social
3 days ago
The Time Machine Drone (yes, of course I have one 🙄) was up over Maryport Roman fort today. #RomanFortThursday (on a Sunday, because, like, time travel)
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Alison Fisk
@alisonfisk.bsky.social
over 1 year ago
An amazing piece of Roman military history! The only complete surviving Roman scutum (shield) used by legionaries. Wood, leather, bronze edge binding. AD 200s. From the garrison at Dura-Europos on Rome’s eastern frontier which fell to the Sasanians in AD 256. 📷 me #RomanFortThursday #Archaeology
My photo shows a Roman legionary ‘scutum’, a long, semi-cylindrical rectangular shield. It is painted with a red background and decorated with Roman symbols of victory, which include an eagle with a laurel wreath, winged Victories, and a lion. There is a central hole which is missing a metal boss. The central boss from a legionary shield protected the user's hand and provided a punching weapon in close combat. Dimensions: H. 105.5 × W. 41 × D. 30 cm. It is estimated it likely weighed 5.5 kg when complete. Excavated by a Yale-French team in the 1930s from Tower 19 of the Roman garrison at Dura-Europos (present day Syria). Dated early AD 200s. When excavated, the shield was in 13 fragments and without a central boss. It was reconstructed by the Yale-French excavation team. Now part of the collections at Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven. I saw it on loan at the British Museum’s Roman Legion exhibition.
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Alison Fisk
@alisonfisk.bsky.social
over 1 year ago
French fashion on the Roman frontier some 2,000 years ago! A stylish and expensive lady’s leather toe-thong sandal made in Gaul (modern France), found at Vindolanda fort in northern England. It is stamped with the maker’s name ‘Lucius Aebutius Thales’. 📷 by me #RomanFortThursday #Archaeology
My photo shows a lady’s dark-brown leather sandal with toe thong for a left foot, designed for indoor use. Dimensions W 66 mm × H 228 mm. The outer edge of the insole has been cut with decorative lobes to shape around the wearer’s toes. The insole has been stamped with vine-leaves, cornucopiae, and the maker’s name inside an ansate frame which reads ‘L AEB THALES T F’. Translated as ‘Lucius Aeb(utius) Thales, son of Titus (made this)’. This would have been an expensive shoe. It was excavated in 1972 from the period III (c. AD 90 - 105) residence of Flavius Cerialis, Vindolanda’s commanding officer who lived at the fort with his family. It’s possible the sandal belonged to his wife Sulpicia Lepidina, for which reason it is sometimes referred to as ‘Lepidina’s slipper’. It is displayed on a red background at the Vindolanda onsite museum in Northumberland.
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Kevin Wilbraham
@kpw1453.bsky.social
6 days ago
The imposing walls of Burgh Castle Roman Fort in Norfolk (Gariannonum). Built during the late 3rd century, the fort was one of a series of ‘Saxon Shore Forts’ constructed to defend Britain against incursions from Saxon raiders. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain
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