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Roman soldiers' very rude graffiti revealed near Hadrian's Wall
FoxNews.com ^
| Feb 27, 2019
| James Rogers | Fox News
Posted on 02/27/2019 10:29:44 AM PST by ETL
An ancient quarry near Hadrians Wall in northern England offers a smutty glimpse into the lives of the Roman soldiers who built the famous fortification.
Archaeologists from the U.K.s Newcastle University and Historic England are working to record the unique inscriptions carved into the walls of the quarry, which provided stone for Hadrians Wall.
The sandstone inscriptions include a caricature of an officer and a phallus, which denoted good luck in Roman culture.
Other carvings at the quarry in Gelt Forest have helped experts date the rare inscriptions. One inscription, for example, describes APRO ET MAXIMO CONSVLIBVS OFICINA MERCATI, a reference to the consulate of Aper and Maximus.
This dates the inscription to 207 A.D., a time when Hadrians Wall was undergoing a major renovation, according to Historic England.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History
KEYWORDS: britain; britannia; epigraphyandlanguage; geltforest; godsgravesglyphs; graffiti; hadrianswall; inscription; romanempire; vindolanda
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To: windsorknot
Vestal Virgins do it better. He's a Eunuch
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To: ETL
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To: C19fan
Romans did not have the zero.... Neither did their phones.
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To: Rurudyne
Hoc Ego Cacavi. Here I s-it.
To: dfwgator
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ETL
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To: Roccus
Romans did not have the zero.... Neither did their phones.
Ah, but they did have call roman'....
(Hey, it takes Gaul to make a pun like that!)
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Roccus
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To: ETL
“The sandstone inscriptions include a caricature of an officer and a phallus”
Yup, first thought was “Biggus Dickus.” LOL, what a great movie!
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Do you know what she’s called?
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And then Zeus disguised himself as a swan and raped Leda. He sure got around.
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Oops, sorry ‘bout that. For some reason when I hit ctrl+f to see if you’d been pinged or posted, nothing came up. *shrug*
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To: fieldmarshaldj
Different page, mighty large topic, given that it’s about ancient history, impressive. And there’s no such thing as too many pings. :^)
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