Wednesday - August 18, 2010
Find in Britian believed to be Villa of a future Roman emperor
This appeared less then an hour ago .... just had to post it. There’s lots more at the link.
They keep finding new evidence of history here. Awesome. Wish I were up going around the country with a camera visiting all these sites and museums. Who knows, maybe one day I might. Would like to. There’s so much to see and learn here.
Notice the Swastikas on the tile. We have it in mosaics here too. It appears to be a design that was liberally used by the Romans, but my guess is that is was purely as decoration. Reason I say that is because the one in our museum here has a bit of Roman flooring with the design running all the way around what was a floor, all attached to form a decorative ring.
Treasures found at second century villa in Britain reveal it was once home to future Roman Emperor
By Tony Bassett
August 18, 2010
Historians are becoming increasingly convinced that a villa uncovered 20 miles from London was once home to Britain’s Roman Governor.
Since Lullingstone Roman Villa was first uncovered in the 1930s experts believed it was once the home of a leading Roman or wealthy Briton, but archaeologists were unsure of the owner’s identity.Now experts have re-examined treasures found at the site, near Orpington in Kent, and say it was almost certainly the home of Publius Helvius Pertinax.
He was governor of Britain between AD185 and 186 and went on to become Roman Emperor in AD193.A high-quality intaglio, or seal, found just outside the villa during excavation is now believed to have been the Governor’s personal seal.
This finely-engraved victory gem was found next to some discarded coins.The governor is known to have fled the villa at the end of the second century amid a mutiny by his soldiers. The men then looted it for gold and silver.
Roman experts believe the looters prised the seal from a gold signet ring and then left it behind as worthless. There are signs the seal has been gouged with a knife.
An elaborate mosaic at Lullingstone Roman villa near Orpington, Kent. Experts believe it was the home of Pertinax, a former Roman Emperor
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