The Jupiter Column by Isobel Wilkes
Read our latest blog post by Isobel Wilkes about the Corinthian capital that once formed part of a Jupiter column in the Roman forum of ancient Corinium.
Matres and Genii Cucullati
Blog post written by Fiona Beeston, a student at King's College, London, studying Classical Studies with English. Read on to discover more about the Matres and the Genii Cucullati and their roles and symbolism in Roman Britain.
Fiona Beeston Interview with Miranda Aldhouse-Green
Read our latest blog post by Fiona Beeston discussing the Matres and the Genii Cucullati with Professor Miranda Aldhouse-Green and learning more about the Corinium archaeological images that we have of them.
The SATOR Square by Isobel Wilkes
Read our latest blog post by Isobel Wilkes about the second century CE Sator Square carved into a painted section of wall plaster, which was excavated from a Roman house on Victoria Road, Cirencester in 1868
Elizabeth Brown: A Forgotten ‘Lady Astronomer’
In 2009, Corinium Museum celebrated the International Year of Astronomy with an exhibition entitled, Gods and Planets, Discovering Astronomy. Part of the exhibition featured a Victorian astronomer from Cirencester called, Elizabeth Brown. At the time, nobody had really heard of Elizabeth Brown so we felt it was important to make her astronomical work known to […]
A ‘Festival of Isis’ token from Kingscote, Gloucestershire
Read our latest blog post - A ‘Festival of Isis’ token from Kingscote, Gloucestershire by C. Mondello & D. Wilding. Tokens (also called tesserae) in the Roman period are a little studied class of object. They are commonly found all over the Roman Empire, with the exception of the province of Britannia, and are usually made and used on a local scale. The presence of a ‘Festival of Isis’ token in Roman Britain is therefore unusual as it has been taken from its place of origin to an area which did not use tokens.
Modern Britons are boning up on barrows and mounds
Apparently, modern-day Britons are turning to their prehistoric ancestors when looking for a more sustainable burial. Read our latest blog post by Samantha Fryer Ward.
A Woman of Importance – The Tombstone of Julia Casta
This blog post by Lorna Heatherington looks at the tombstone of Julia Casta, discovered at the site of The Querns, a Roman burial area within the immediate environs of Cirencester in or before 1721.
Mercury the Messenger
A small, limestone statue head, produced in the Romano British period, that belongs to the Roman God Mercury, was found on Cricklade Street. It now sits proudly in the Corinium Museum; read on to discover more.
Orpheus: Mosaic, Music & Myth
Orpheus is a popular figure in mosaic art from the Roman Empire. He’s often depicted playing the lyre given to him by the god Apollo, which Orpheus famously used to soften the heart of Hades and attempt to retrieve his wife, Eurydice, from the underworld. His mythic departure from and return to the land of the living was only possible through his divine ability as a musician to charm beasts, move mountains, and bring harmony to the natural world.
