Writer, Historical Fiction; Roman Archaeology & Ancient History, Winner #FNL #LFOW24 (@JerichoWriters), #UNWC 2023/24, linktr.ee/katesfwriter
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Thanks so much to the judges who have selected my novel in progress for the Historical Adventure category.
#Manumission is set in the years following the global pandemic that ancient historians call the Antonine pandemic.
#HNS2026 #AmWriting #HistoricalFiction
CONGRATULATIONS to the writers who have been selected for the CATEGORY SHORT LISTS in the 2026 HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETYโS First Chapters Competition! Visit hns2026.com for the full lists
#historicalfiction #hnsfirstchapterscompetition
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My favourite kind of research involves studying the grapes that were used to make wine in ancient vineyards of Roman Italy. theguardian.com/world/2026/jโฆ
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This is a Roman altar that has been given a 2nd life as an early Christian cross. The alteration is #AngloSaxon in date. The stone is now in St. Andrewโs Church, Corbridge. The #Roman site guarded a river crossing and two intersecting Roman roads. #SundayStonework
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The inscription records Germanicus Julius, son of Tiberius, grandson of Augustus Caesar, consul, elected as honorary quinquennal, and that Julius Strabo, son of Caius, acted as prefect on his behalf.
Date: 12 BCE
This is Buthrotum, #Roman Butrint, Albania.
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Draft. Pause. Think. Draft. Pause. Think.
Repeat.
This is my #writinglife.
Howโs yours?
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Non lo sapevo...Grazie mille per condividerlo...
INBIDE CALCOTE is Latin for "Envious one, I tread on you". It is on a mosaic floor in a Fishmongerโs in Ostia, Ancient Romeโs seaport.
The phrase accompanies a dolphin eating an octopus. Both ward off the evil eye, bad luck, or competitors.
#MosaicMonday #Archaeology #Rome
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INBIDE CALCOTE is Latin for "Envious one, I tread on you". It is on a mosaic floor in a Fishmongerโs in Ostia, Ancient Romeโs seaport.
The phrase accompanies a dolphin eating an octopus. Both ward off the evil eye, bad luck, or competitors.
#MosaicMonday #Archaeology #Rome
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Posting for #RomanSiteSaturday.
The Roman period in #Butrint was only one era in the long history of this UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The inscription records Germanicus Julius, son of Tiberius, grandson of Augustus Caesar, consul, elected as honorary quinquennal, and that Julius Strabo, son of Caius, acted as prefect on his behalf.
Date: 12 BCE
This is Buthrotum, #Roman Butrint, Albania.
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Roman glass cups from #Pompeii, 1st C CE. All were made by blowing glass method. Remarkable survivors of the catastrophic eruption of Vesuvius in 79.
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These arenโt my photos. They were posted on Facebook by Sewingshields Farm:
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A newly discovered inscription records the building work of:
VEXILAT/LEG II/AVGVST
Vexillation of the 2nd Augustan Legion.
Proper recording underway of this #HadriansWall find
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I went to write in my garden office at 8.00 am where I was treated to the angle grinder symphony courtesy of a thoughtful neighbour.
A hasty retreat to the dining room table, coffee โ๏ธ, and calm is restored.
#WritingLife #SundayVibes #AmWriting
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This torc is known as The Snettisham Great Torc named for where it was found. Other Iron Age hoards have been found close by. It is made of circa 1 KG gold mixed with silver. It was made c. 150-50 BCE, and buried around 50 BCE.
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These frescoes adorn the covered walkway of the Majolica Cloister, in Santa Chiara, Naples. They date to the 17th C. Showing St Francis of Assisi, St Honorius, and above them the virtues Sincerity and Justice respectively. Pic 3-4: roof fresco plus aisle.
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Part of Roman dedicatory inscription from Hotbank on Hadrianโs Wall.
It translates:
Built by Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus...the Second Legion Augusta under Aulus Platorius Nepos, propraetorian legate.
Nepos was governor of Britannia AD 122-125.
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Aerial shot of Vercovicium (Housesteads Roman Fort). The fortโs north wall is contiguous with Hadrianโs Wall. It was planned without auxiliary forts. Wall construction began by AD 122, but changed to include forts. Constructed by AD 130.
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