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 ...
Where is Phil Harding when you need him? I guess since Alice Roberts is all grown up now, she will have to do the heavy lifting, at least in front of the cameras.
Very cool!
Tin and lead.
Vikings would take blond and redhead English slaves south to sell and finance a career as mercenaries or traders. They were well-known to the Greeks and were called Varangians in the Byzantine era. From the goods taken south to trade, Rome got a good idea of the wealth of resources in England - to Rome, England was their 'new world'. Expansion of the Roman Empire in a crowded Mediterranean was limited, and the only power controlling the assets of the North were the Vikings. And why should the Vikings control it all? So off they went to England, kicked the Vikings out, and began exploiting resources and manpower while collecting tribunes from the tribal leaders.
“Some Scandinavian laws prohibited inheritance for those who had dwelled in Greece, because it was so lucrative.”
https://www.quora.com/Did-the-Vikings-have-anything-to-do-with-the-Greeks
For a good summary, read Dickens’ “A Child’s History of England”...............
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Child‘s_History_of_England
Thanks for this. Makes sense.
But eventually England was comprised of Saxons who were conquered by invaders from the North, and they conquered back finally uniting England. England did not descend from th Romans.
Encounters with Achilles: The Discovery of the Rutland Roman Villa
Posted by ULASNEWS on NOVEMBER 25, 2021
https://ulasnews.com/2021/11/25/encounters-with-achilles/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jDVSGnt03E
UK man stumbles upon 800-square-foot Roman mosaic on his father’s farm
By Nicoletta Lanese published 10 days ago
https://www.livescience.com/roman-mosaic-discovered-on-uk-farm
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