Tag Archives: roman

Letter by Paterna-or-whatever-she’s-called, the oldest writing by a woman in Britain

Posted on June 3, 2026 by Claire_M

This Saturday I’m going to the Roman Society’s annual colloquium, an afternoon of free talks that anyone can go to. Even though I’ve worked for the Society for some years doing their social media, I don’t usually go to the … Continue reading →

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A cubiculum of one’s own, or the power of a bad story.

Posted on May 20, 2026 by Claire_M

After months and months of legal wrangling I’ve moved house – goodbye ironstone cottage, hello 1980s brick – and with it I’ve acquired something I covet: a large writing studio all of my own. This is absolutely, completely unnecessary, as … Continue reading →

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‘How It Was’ stories

Posted on February 5, 2026 by Claire_M

I’ve got my proofs for ‘Roman Life on Hadrian’s Wall’ back and am working on a proposal for another book about Romans, so how to write history books is something that is in my head a lot at the moment. … Continue reading →

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Numbered days

Posted on November 23, 2025 by Claire_M

Been thinking about numbers lately as several friends have reached the half century mark, five sixths of the three score years that denotes old age, or once did. Ten years then left to the expectation of a lifespan. Threescore and … Continue reading →

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Great-granddad Samuel and the Rudston Venus mosaic

Posted on October 27, 2025 by Claire_M

“It was a woman with a mirror,” said mum when we met up. She confirmed what I already had guessed, that the mosaic that I’d been looking up for research reasons was the same as the mosaic her mum’s dad … Continue reading →

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Unrelatable Romans

Posted on September 2, 2025 by Claire_M

Writing and talking about Romans again and spending a lot of time thinking about Roman slavery. Mostly for my ‘Friends, Romans and Enslavers’ talk for the Vindolanda Trust that you can watch online on their YouTube channel. Few people who … Continue reading →

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Nerd alert – Roman military households is published!

Posted on March 10, 2025 by Claire_M

This feels like a brag but my book is now in print, and there is little point in writing it a book if nobody is going to read it so I thought I’d post about it. This is an academic … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged academia, books, latin-inscriptions, roman, roman-archaeology, roman-forts, roman-military, roman-studies, vindolanda | 2 Comments

The auriga in my head at conferences.

Posted on November 24, 2024 by Claire_M

Recuperating today after going to a great conference yesterday in Chester, which is objectively one of the UK’s prettiest cities. I grew up not far away in Stafford and my heart always relaxes a little at the sight of black … Continue reading →

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