Paris was a Roman town called Lutetia. Its remains can be seen in Europe’s biggest archaeological crypt beneath the Cathedral of Notre Dame. These ruins were discovered in 1964 during works to build an underground carpark. In the centre is a bath house. #RomanSiteSaturday

The forum of Luni in Italy. Luni was a Latin colony founded in 177 BC as Luna. It gives its name to the area of Lunigiana in northern Tuscany. It flourished through exploitation of white marble quarries in the mountains of Carrara, whose stone was called "Luna marble" in ancient times. #RomanSiteSaturday

The so-called Grande Tempio in Luni. Luni is one of the Latin colonies and it was founded with 2,000 free men in 177 BC by Publius Aelius, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Gnaeus Sicinius. It was a military stronghold for the campaigns against the Ligures. The temple had a Republican and an Imperial phase and it was abandoned in the fourth century AD. #RomanSiteSaturday

The amazing Roman pharos (lighthouse) at Dover, still standing after almost 2,000 years!

The tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! 1st-2nd century AD.

by @AlisonFisk

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Reused basalt blocks with Greek inscriptions in the walls of Qasr al-Hallabat, Jordan - the remains of an Umayyad palace sitting on the site of an older Roman fort, built sometime in the 2nd or 3rd century CE. #RomanSiteSaturday More…
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The Roman Theatre is the major monument in Volterra. The theatre was built in the Augustan period at the end of the first century BC, paid for by the members of the wealthy Caecina family of Volterra. It was uncovered in the 1950s. In the photo scaenae frons. #RomanSiteSaturday

The synagogue in Dura Europos is one of the oldest in the world. It had a forecourt, house of assembly with painted walls with people and animals, and a Torah shrine in the western wall facing Jerusalem. An Aramaic inscription dated its last phase to AD 244. #RomanSiteSaturday

This is the Roman Theatre of Verulamium in St. Albans, England. It was built around AD 140 and it is unique in Britain with a stage, being thus rather a theatre than amphitheatre. Nevertheless, it has an arena, too. The town lied in the area of Catuvellauni. #RomanSiteSaturday

This is the bath house at Letocetum, now called Wall, in Staffordshire, UK

Chester was called Deva in the Roman times. It was founded as a fort, possibly as early as 74 AD as evidenced by an inscription on a lead pipe. The photo is from the Roman Gardens, created in the 1950s to showcase the architectural fragments found in Chester. #RomanSiteSaturday

The remains of a Roman watch tower and St. Mary’s Chapel at Scarborough in North Yorkshire. The tower was one of a several established in the 4th century on the east coast to warn of sea raids. The site is close to Scarborough Castle. My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain

The Roman amphitheatre in Verona is actually older than Colosseum, dating back to AD 30. It is a "working" UNESCO World Heritage Site, with 22,000 seats every summer for opera. The summer opera season started in 1913. It was used for Diodato's 2020 video. #RomanSiteSaturday

Part of the granary system at Coria showing the gaps in the stonework which allowed air to circulate. Located just west of modern-day Corbridge and occupied longer than any other site along Hadrian's Wall. #RomanSiteSaturday More...
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The Aqueduct of Segovia was built in the second half of the 1st century AD. The standing structure is 28.5 metres high & runs 14 kilometres in a rolling landscape. Detrimental work occurred in the 15th and 16th centuries with conservation from 1970s. #RomanSiteSaturday

The Roman fort at Porolissum, added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2024 as part of Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia. #RomanSiteSaturday #Romania More...

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The Roman Theatre in Orange is from first century. Its façade wall stands 103 metres long and 37 metres high and the structure still has its original stage, even if the Prince of Orange, Maurice of Nassau, used it as a quarry in the 17th century. #RomanSiteSaturday

For #RomanSiteSaturday an aerial photo of the amphitheatre in Itálica, #Spain.
‘Game of Thrones’ fans may recognize the #Dragonpit!
The amphitheatre was built in the 2nd century AD and held up to 25,000 spectators.
 
Photo: Amazing Aerial Agency
 
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Looking west onto Milecastle 39 - a fortlet on Hadrian’s Wall, located to the northeast of Once Brewed in Northumberland. My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #HadriansWall #Northumberland