OTD, Meditrinalia was celebrated! Associated with Meditrina, goddess of health & wine, it was thought that mixing old & new wine was healing. Wall Painting Advert for Wine in Herculaneum & Relief of Meditrina, 📷 by Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED

The Battle of Alexandria took place #OTD 30BC between #Octavian (later Emperor #Augustus ) & #MarkAntony, a prominent Roman politician & general. Both Antony & Cleopatra committed suicide following the defeat. 1. Bust of Mark Antony, VaticanMuseums 2. Statue of Octavian, Louvre

The annual festival of Furrinalia was celebrated #OTD in #Ancient Rome. Furrina was thought to be associated with water. However, both goddess & festival were largely forgotten by 1st century BC. Ledward, Gilbert “Nymph Fountain”, UK. photo Mike Quinn: https://t.co/SobiPr0l1F

Strange goings-on at #Trimontium fort site...a Centrurion's kit, his chariot and a field bathed in the glorious sunshine of the #ScottishBorders...🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏹🦌☀️🇮🇹

A scene unchanged since the #RomanIronAge, right here in the #Borders... The River Tweed, a blue sky and white clouds scudding across the #landscape... Come and see us here in #Melrose at #Trimontium - the award winning #Roman museum in the #ScottishBorders 🏰🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿☀️

#Trimontium Tuesday... The Pugio, the smallest Roman weapon, around 7-11" long and 2" wide. The pugio was worn as a sidearm, on the left side of the soldier, used for close-quarters combat. Visit us here at #Trimontium in Melrose to see our original (& replica) side by side 😎

Trimontium's Ancient Weapons Expert has travelled south to Londinium and shares images of London's Roman Amphitheatre. Now hidden 8m below the ground level, the original site sat unusually within the walls of the Roman town. (All images courtesy of https://t.co/G5eulHu4Nl)

For our #hillfort clip this week, we travel to the Isle of Bute, #Scotland & Barone Hill, overlooking Rothesay. With stunning views , it has two lines of enclosure, representing separate phases of construction. Some facing stones that once dressed the walls can still be seen.

Wishing all our followers a Merry Christmas and Seasons Greetings from everyone at Trimontium!🌟🎄🎉

Up in Melrose for @TrimontiumTrust's symposium on War & Peace on Rome's Northern Frontier - I think it is going to be a fantastic day full of #Roman frontier archaeology!

Well done to @TrimontiumTrust! - winner of the Inclusive Tourism Award, sponsored by @HistEnvScot #ThistleAwards

Happy #NationalFastFoodDay! Did you know ancient Romans had their own version of fast food? Thermopolia were street-side stalls offering ready-to-eat meals like meats, olives, & even fried dough! Customers grabbed takeout in clay bowls—Pompeii had over 90! #Trimontium

Happy Kalends of #November ! Originally the 9th month in the #Roman year, it became the 11th with the Julian reforms. It was under the guardianship of #Diana, goddess of the hunt, moon, childbirth, forests & the Underworld. The Plebeian Games & a festival for Isis happened in Nov

In 2001, the Newbridge Iron Age chariot burial was uncovered near Huly Hill, west of Edinburgh, excavated by Headland Archaeology. The first of its kind in Scotland, it links Iron Age Scotland to Continental Europe with its intact burial style. #IronAgeScotland

Time for our weekly #hillfort clip. This time we have the Laws of Monifieth, an extraordinary site not far from #Dundee. The site incorporates an Iron Age Broch, a stone walled fort that predates the Broch & an ancient cup and ring marked stone.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

It’s #TrimontiumTuesday! As it gets colder and knitted sweaters return, check out these bone weaving combs from Trimontium. Used to comb wool before spinning it on a spindle whorl, they helped the Romans make warm garments. What would you make with them? 🤔#RomanArtefacts

It was #OTD 28th Oct AD 97 that the #Roman Emperor, #Nerva , was coerced by the Praetorian Guard to adopt #Trajan as his successor. Nerva was the first Roman #Emperor to be elected by the senate & his adoption of #Trajan ushered in the period of the adoptive 'Five Good Emperors'.

The Strix is a large-headed bird with transfixed eyes, rapacious beak, greyish white wings, and hooked claws. Strix's name was invoked in magic curses. Medea's rejuvenating concoction which she boiled in a cauldron used a long list of ingredients, including the strix's wings

Important Announcement!!! The Trimontium Museum will be CLOSED Monday 28 October for maintenance. We reopen on Tuesday 29 October 10:00 - 4:30 PM. Apologies for the inconvenience and hope to see you there from Tuesday onward. 😊

In Border Antiquities (1818), Walter Scott wrote of a magic human skull in the ruins of Smailholm Tower. It was "possessed of such extraordinary powers of self-motion, that if carried to any distance it would be found next morning in its usual repository.” 🏰💀 #ScottishBorders