guy Posted September 8, 2021 Report Share Posted September 8, 2021 (edited) Excavation continues in Carlisle, uncovering a Roman bathhouse. An interesting tile was unearthed: Quote "The Romans would quite often stamp their tiles.The legions would stamp tiles, the auxiliaries would stamp tiles; but this is the very top of the pile," said Lead archaeologist on site, Frank Giecco. "This is the imperial court stamping the tile.“ "We have probably got a dozen now from this site and it looks like this is where they are coming from. It's not a legion or anyone else - this is the signature of the Emperor [Septimius Severus].” https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/19564644.roman-dig-carlisle-cricket-club-uncovers-tiles-rare-stamp/ Summary: It’s unknown whether Septimius Severus ever visited Carlisle. The extant of the Imperial reach was impressive, however. Carlisle is 95 miles (140 km) south of Glasgow and eight miles south of the Scottish border. Time lapse of recent excavation: Edited February 2 by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldrail Posted September 12, 2021 Report Share Posted September 12, 2021 What was going on here? Was Severus doing some manual labour to please his soldiers? (Plutarch mentions in the life of Gaius Marius how soldiers much loved commanders who 'shared their food and labour'. And Tacitus incidentially makes mildly scornful descriptions of an officer in Pannonia in ad14 who went everywhere by carriage). Or has SSeverus walked into his office and saw everyone lazing about, quaffing honeyed wine, chatting and gossiping? Right you lot, off your backsides, and get yourselves down to the tile kilns. MOVE! Makes you wonder doesn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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