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Roman frontier fort8 viewsIn the black desert in Jordan, these forts once defended the trade routes and frontier of the Roman empire... not to bad shape for 1900 years old BAJR
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Barcelona - Roman walls and towers13 viewsThe wall of Barcelona, which originally had 74 towers, was 16 metres high and marked the perimeter of the early city, which was 1.3 kilometres in circumference. In this image you can see Roman, Medieval, Gothic city walls and behind... yes... Gaudi's Cathedral. BAJR
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Don't do this at home!29 viewsAnother unsuccessful attempt to bury BAJR fails! I'm actually exploring a ROman Fort in Jordan. And yes I carried out a full Risk Assessment first!BAJR
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Roman Tomb detail12 viewsOne of many beautiful carved monuments in the shaded garden of the National Museum in Damascus, Syria. BAJR
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Mosaic in Jordan19 viewsIts not often you get to walk over a field and see a suspicious stone, have a poke and WOW!!!BAJR
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Out of the tomb20 viewsFinding a robbed Roman tomb, packed with 24 sarcophagus (all robbed) but still a thrill and definitely not all in a days work. Snakes, scorpions and who knows what else. BAJR Host
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Roman Tombstone (3) East Lothian12 viewsThe red sandstone artefact was for a man called Crescens, a bodyguard for the governor who ran the province of Britain for the Roman Emperor.

The National Museum of Scotland said the stone provided the strongest evidence yet that Inveresk was a pivotal Roman site in northern Britain.

It was found by amateur enthusiast Larney Cavanagh at the edge of a field.

It had been ploughed up and cleared from the field without anyone noticing its inscription.

Dating between 140 and 180 AD, it features the image
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Roman Tombstone (2) East Lothian14 viewsThe inscription (Lawrence Keppie)

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CRESC[E]NTIS EQ
ALAE SEBOSIA
EX N EQ SING
S[T]IP XV
H F C
 
DIS MANIBUS CRESCENTIS EQUITIS ALAE SEBOSIANAE EX NUMERO EQUITUM SINGULARIUM STIPENDIORUM XV HERES FACIUNDUM CURAVIT
 
‘To the shades of Crescens, cavalryman of the Ala Sebosiana, from the detachment of the Equites Singulares, served 15 years, his heir (or heirs) had this set up.’
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Roman Tombstone - East Lothian14 viewsThe red sandstone artefact was for a man called Crescens, a bodyguard for the governor who ran the province of Britain for the Roman Emperor.

The National Museum of Scotland said the stone provided the strongest evidence yet that Inveresk was a pivotal Roman site in northern Britain.

It was found by amateur enthusiast Larney Cavanagh at the edge of a field.

It had been ploughed up and cleared from the field without anyone noticing its inscription.

Dating between 140 and 180 AD, it features the image
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Roman field system, near Dalkeith21 viewsPrior to development the site was stripped and two fields were uncovered with a lane between. The lane comes off Dere Street where I am standing and to the top left is a stand of trees that sits around what was Elginhaugh Roman Fort. BAJR
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Roman Ditch in section23 viewsNot much to look at, but this is all that remains of a Roman Fortlet Ditch. yup... (this is the without scale image) it is only 50 cm deep! the rest has just gone... so you can imagine that the interior was bereft of many delicate features!BAJR
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Church of St. Cross, Nin9 viewsThe Church of St. Cross in Nin, just 15 km to the north of Zadar is a perfect and peaceful place.. sitting in the foundation of a more extensive establishment. Dating from the 9th century it is the most important pre-Romanesque preserved monument of the old Croatian architecture. A cupola covers the center of the cross-shaped ground plan of the church named “the smallest cathedral of the World”BAJR
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