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Oct
Oct
Paint a plate in the traditional ‘Roses & Castles’ canal art style. Join Rosa Lea’s workshop at the Roman Circus to celebrate the enchanting world of canal art! CLICK HERE […]
Tag Archives: colchester
04
Oct
Oct
Romans had a complex attitude towards gladiators, admiring and despising those unfortunate enough to become them. To coincide with the release of a certain film sequel, Richard Bale will revisit the topic of gladiators, focusing on Colchester.
23
Sep
Sep
Today we have a post from our Project Osteologist Meg about the Roman Circus’s potential uses other than for chariot racing.. Did you know that at Colchester’s Roman Circus, as […]
12
Sep
Sep
Today, CAT staff Yulia illuminates the tragic nature of chariot racing, through a short story of the death of a charioteer. “I was Roman and I became a public hero […]
22
Aug
Aug
Join master mosaicist, Lawrence Payne, at Roman Circus House for a one-day mosaic course:
“The Centre Tesserae System”
“Use The Centre Tesserae System to decipher any strand pattern, repeat the process to ‘read’ any mosaic pattern!
No experience is needed in either geometry or technical drawing, you learn one system that you use for any pattern, from the simple to the most complex.
This workshop is very much hands on, you will gain the ability and confidence be able to look at any of the mosaic strand patterns and quickly see what is important and use that vision to break the pattern down and then reconstruct it for a mosaic.
07
Jun
Jun
Introducing #RomanCircus20 This year is the 20th anniversary of the 2004 discovery of Britain’s only known Roman Circus, located right here in Colchester! Over the next few weeks we will be showcasing the […]
16
May
May
For #ThrowbackThursday today, let’s throwback to our excavation at the site of the demolished Handford House, Queens Road, Colchester, Essex This site was located where burials have been recorded previously, […]
10
May
May
Well well well.. it’s the end of the week and time for another #FindsFriday! This week we’ll be looking at a well found during our 2013 monitoring at the former Stockwell […]
03
May
May
In 2023 we shared a #FindsFriday about the coin hoard found at Hyderabad Barracks in 2011, but while doing some research for a different post we came across these original videos of […]