Further details of Roman Leicester, incl reconstructions above, here: http://www.thiswasleicestershire.co.uk/2012/11/roman-leicester.html … Jewry Wall pics here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewry_Wall
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The ?pre4thC Cyparissus mosaic from Leicester, found 1675, showing him, his stag+Cupid--in antiquarian prints vs now:pic.twitter.com/7Pn88l5PlJ
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Antiquarian prints: http://trac.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Cyparissus-Mosaic-High-Res.jpg … & http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/kinggeorge/m/largeimage80388.html … Now: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mosaic_of_Cyparissus.jpg … Details of mosaic: https://www.le.ac.uk/lahs/downloads/MosaicsPagesfromvolumeLV-2_000.pdf …
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Fascinating article on the Roman 'Jewry Wall' and the origins of this & similar names: http://www.academia.edu/218466/Jews_jurats_and_the_Jewry_Wall_a_name_in_context …pic.twitter.com/Ij2XwYNpUi
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@caitlinrgreen thanks! I totally needed this a month ago, but still great now. -
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@caitlinrgreen no worries got an A on the paper, but was very intrigued by the wall -
@T3_Stephen oh, fab! :) And, yes, fascinating fragment of the Roman past! -
@T3_Stephen What are you studying, out of interest? :) -
@caitlinrgreen something midway between classics and religious studies picking up where I left off when I joined the Army in 87 -
@caitlinrgreen the paper was for a Latin class and was on Roman Leicester - 1 more reply
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