Posted on 11/24/2021 11:19:35 PM PST by blueplum
A 1,500-year-old mosaic depiction of Homer's Iliad which was found by a walker in a farmer's field has been described by experts as the 'most exciting' Roman discovery of its kind in the UK in the last 100 years.
The artwork, which is the first known example in the UK, was unearthed on private land in Rutland, East Midlands....
...The remains of the mosaic, which measures approximately 31 feet by 21 feet, are the first in the UK and one of only a handful in the world to depict the Ancient Greek poet Homer's story about hero Achilles and his battle with Hector at the conclusion of the Trojan War.
The mosaic once formed the floor of a room in a large Roman villa which was occupied between the third and fourth centuries AD....
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Of course, GOVERNMENT seized it and put it under its ‘protection.’
Astonishing discovery. Roman Britain ping.
drawing showing where Rutland is. The surrounding counties or shires read like a list of medieval lord names:
https://www.visitnorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/map-rutland-1251x1536.jpg
amazing!
I was watching a doc on the development of England.
I’m thinking why did England, this cold bitter island way up and away from Rome, become the most powerful country in the world?
You see the Romans, then much later the Saxons, then the Vikings, then the Saxons again, and the Vikings again, and the Scots and the Irish kinda stay out of it.
I guess it’s the kind of barbaric type A people that conquered and reconquered her.
Then the tens of thousands of people hanged, drawn and quartered, noblemen and women beheaded.
IN SUMMARY, what the hell were the Romans doing up there, catching fish?
The same reason they fought the Parthians bitterly over some sand piles, I guess.
Plus there was tin in Britain. IIRC.
Just a note about posting #9: This particular good footage of archaeological cleaning of a Roman floor mosaic (posting #9) is NOT in the UK. It’s an Israeli excavation of a mosaic in Caesarea in Israel.
England is awful. I won’t even go visit. Who’d go there and try and keep it?
OOPS ... I see that now ... thanx.
A closer view of Rutland County (Oakham is where East Midlands is located):
Hambleton Hall Hotel and Restaurant Rutland Oakham
Oakham Rutland East Midlands Market Town England
British Country Side | Beautiful English Countryside Tour | East Midlands Tour |England Travel Vlog
England was the source of tin from the early bronze age. The phoenicians sent there ships there. Britian was on the map.
Dang walkers. I hate it when they stumble around like that.
Even after the romans left britian, the trading ships from byzantium still came to their ports regularly. For the tin.
Thanks colorado tanker. Nice, lots of other photos and articles online. Usually mosaics have been ploughed out and consist of the disarticulated tesserae.
Because Rome wanted everthing. ALL of it! They didn’t leave nuffin’ for nobody else. Greedy sons o’ b....
LOL
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