![]() ![]() Join our family friendly 30 Minute tours of the fort site and find out about some of the gross and gruesome things that went on in the Roman times at Vile Vindolanda. What can we learn from ancient animal bones about how the Romans lived? A chance to see some of our favourite animal finds and artefacts and learn the science behind the bare bones of Vindolanda. This online game and exhibition brings to life real-people from the world-famous Vindolanda tablets, Tagomas and Lepidina, with the aim to help children learn more about computer science and the ancient world. What was it like to live at Vindolanda when the Romans were here? What did they wear? Eat? Do for fun? Did they go to parties? Join Lady Lepidina and Tagomas Vexillarius in the Vindolanda Adventure online game to help to answer these questions.Ī new educational resource for budding video gamers and archaeologists is set at the ancient Roman fort of Vindolanda in Northumberland will be officially launched on 11th September 2022. Instruments of War: Roman cornu mouthpiece uncovered.Īn instrument of war: an exceptionally rare ancient Roman cornu mouthpiece unearthed at Vindolanda this summer gives a unique insight into the sound of the Roman Army.įollowing the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II the following statement has been issued by The Vindolanda Trust.If you visit that day you may choose a small token to take away with you from our sigillaria. In keeping with this tradition we will be giving away small gifts to any visitors we receive on the 23rd December 2022. These gifts were called sigillaria, and in the days leading up to the festival, the shops would be filled with cheap trinkets sold especially for Satunalia. Gifts included combs, candles, purses, small lamps, wax figurines and cheap pottery. On the 23rd December the final day of Saturnalia it was tradition to give gifts, usually small, simple and cheap tokens, which most could afford, so as not to distinguish the rich from the poor. Saturnalia was celebrated from 17th to 23rd December in the Julian calendar, and it probably originated as a farmers’ festival to mark the end of the planting season, and grew more elaborate as Rome became more powerful and confident. One of the most famous, and perhaps the most popular, of the Feriae Statiuae was Saturnalia, the feast now most closely associated with Christmas. Learn about the winter festival celebrated by the Romans and how our celebrations today have been shaped by these ancient gatherings. Display of a feast for the festival of Saturnalia in the Activity Centre at Roman Vindolanda. ![]()
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