“Ad signum!” The Ermine Street Guard at Vindolanda.
Photo: @vindolandatrust.bsky.social
For #RomanFortThursday

#RomanFortThursday — #Zenobia, (Halabiya) Syria — named after Queen #Zenobia of Palmyra, who in the 3rd C AD made it a key stronghold in her bid to build an eastern empire. #Rome retook Zenobia in AD 272–273. Diocletian, Anastasius I & Justinian later strengthened the fortress.

#Cardiff Roman Fort was a coastal fort in the Roman province of #Britannia Superior, of which #Roman #Wales was a part. Its original Latin name is uncertain. Its remains are incorporated into Cardiff #Castle in the modern capital city of Wales. #RomanFortThursday
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The Reconstructed Gate on the Eastern Rampart of the Lunt Roman Fort, Baginton, Warwickshire; courtesy of Stephen McKay. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology

The Painted House in Dover (DVBRIS) #Kent, a well-decorated #Roman building preserved in the rampart of a coastal fort built c AD 270

Not sure what the characters in this tableau are doing, but it may be they're found a way of escaping the world through the hypocaust

📷 Oct 2016

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Thursday
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#ThursdayBins
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#Thursgate

One of the interval towers at Chesters Roman Fort on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #Northumberland

Barracks of the Roman fort at Chesters, courtesy of Tilman2007@wmc #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology

Built in the 2nd century CE, the #Roman fort at South Shields (Arbeia) acted as a supply base for Hadrian’s Wall at the mouth of the River Tyne.

Image shows reconstructed commander’s house behind the SE corner of the fort wall.

📷 my own 2026
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Hardknott #Roman Fort is an archeological site, the remains of the Roman fort Mediobogdum, located on the western side of the Hardknott Pass in the English county of #Cumbria. The fort was built between 120-138 on a rocky spur.

#Archaeology #History

Thursday
#AdoorableThursday
#BookologyThursday
#BridgesThursday
#FolkloreThursday
#GlassObjectThursday
#HelmetThursday
#InsectThursday
#IronworkThursday
#MetalWorkThursday
#OrchidThursday
#PubSignThursday
#RomanFortThursday
#ThatchThursday
#ThrowBackThursday
#ThursdayBins
#ThursdayChairs
#Thursgate

#RomanFortThursday with the ancient walls of Caesaraugusta on the Ebro, Now Zaragoza 🇪🇸

see more of Zaragoza in the episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v30G...

The graffito of a horse at Birdoswald Roman Fort on Hadrian’s Wall in Cumbria. The horse is carved into one of the stones at the base of the remains of the drill hall - easy to miss! 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #Birdoswald #Cumbria

There are Roman forts even out of Spain mainland. The Late Roman fort of Can Blai is in Formentera. It located almost in the center of the island. It housed a garrison of between 80 and 150 soldiers. Its excavation started in 1979. Aerial photograph by Gourguen Davtian. #RomanFortThursday