First Roman bridgehead fort discovered in Austria solves ‘Deserted Castle’ mystery
Archaeologists have found the first confirmed Roman bridgehead fort ever discovered in Austria, positioned in the Danube floodplains near the site named “Ödes Schloss” close to Stopfenreuth in Lower Austria. The discovery, led by researchers at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) and the Carnuntum Archaeological Park, reveals interesting new insights into the Roman Empire’s […]
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The Late Antique Little Ice Age Weakened The Roman Empire – Study Reveals

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Climate changes and crises have a profound impact on civilizations globally, making it essential to grasp their significance. An intriguing study conducted by scientists at the University of Southampton revealed insights into the magnitude and severity of the Late Antique Little Ice Age, a climate crisis from the 6th century […]

Summer AD 124 – Hadrian tours Asia (part 1), visits Cyzicus and Troy and hunts a she-bear (#Hadrian1900)

In the late spring of AD 124, Hadrian departed from Thrace (see here) and travelled back to Asia Minor, this time to the Roman province of Asia. He was accompanied by the sophist Polemon (Marcus Antonius Polemo) and his “soldiers and carriages.” The imperial party’s first destination was the peninsula of Cyzicus on the southern… Continue reading Summer AD 124 – Hadrian tours Asia (part 1), visits Cyzicus and Troy and hunts a she-bear (#Hadrian1900)

Felicem diem natalem, Hadriane! 🎂

Happy 1949th birthday, Hadrian! In keeping with tradition, I made a birthday cake for Hadrian. This time, I decided to bake a Roman honey cake.. 🎂 Ingredients: 3 eggs 200 grams liquid honey 50 grams spelt flour Instructions: Whip eggs with an electric mixer or a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Beat them until they are… Continue reading Felicem diem natalem, Hadriane! 🎂

Hegra and Jabal Ikmah, Saudia Arabia

Although 30,000 archaeological sites have been identified in the AlUla area of Saudi Arabia, only 8 are currently open to visitors: Jabal Ikmah, which has hundreds of inscriptions; Hegra, a massive site settled during the Nabatean and Roman times; Qurh, an early Islamic city; Dadan, which dates from the 8th-1st centuries BCE; Tayma and Khaybar, oasis settlements which have been continuously inhabited…

At Kalkriese, Archaeology Reveals Evidence of Rome’s Most Famous Defeat

2000 years ago, deep in the forests of Germany, a Roman army walked into a trap. It had been set by the Germanic warlord Arminius, a man they thought was their friend, and resulted in a catastrophic Roman defeat remembered as the Battle of Teutoburg Forest. In History Hit documentary Rome’s Disaster, Tristan Hughes heads … Continued

Further Returns to Türkiye
Septimius Severus. Source: Ny Carlsberg GlyptotekIt has been announced that the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen will be returning the bronze head of Septimius Severus to Türkiye (“The Glyptotek returns Roman bronze portrait to Türkiye”, press release, November 26, 2024). It forms part of a series of imperial bronze statues from the sebasteion at Bubon: the press release notes Bubon returns from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fordham Museum of Art, Worcester Art Museum, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, The J. Paul Getty Museum, and the Shelby White Collection. The head was acquired from Robert Hecht.This will put increased pressure on the Cleveland Museum of Art over the claims relating to the bronze “Marcus Aurelius” that has been linked in The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art to Bubon (A. P. Kozloff, “Bubon: a re-assessment of the provenance,” Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 74 [1987] 130-43).The announcement from the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek includes 48 architectural terracottas linked to Düver, and also acquired from Hecht. This will put pressure on other museums in Europe, North America and beyond to return the Düver terracottas that they acquired.Details of previous returns from the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek can be found in David W. J. Gill, “The Returns from the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen,” in Artwashing the Past: Context Matters (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2024), 27–31.

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Dacian silver treasure hoard unearthed in Romania’s Mureș County
In a remarkable find that is rewriting the history of ancient Dacian presence in central Romania, a hoard of silver artifacts has been discovered near the commune of Breaza in Mureș County. The discovery, made by amateur metal detectorists Dionisie-Aurel Moldovan and Sebastian-Adrian Zăhan, is the first definite evidence of a Dacian settlement in the […]
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