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Last year, just before the launch of JULIA PRIMA, I wrote a post about Virunum, Julia’s birthplace. After poring over research papers and reading Géza Alföldy’s comprehensive and accessible Noricum, I was able to produce a reasonably informative piece for this blog. But… (You knew that was coming.) I had no ‘feel’ for Virunum. […] 
3rd century gold necklace set with amethysts, stones linked with peltae (Shields used by Amazon women warriors) During my visit to the UK, I went for my usual research day at the British Museum. This time, I was looking at Roman jewellery, specifically Late Antiquity/early Eastern Roman (Byzantine). While fashions change as new […] 
Blacksmith tombstone, York Museum Trust (Author photo) When looking at Julia’s home town of Virunum in an earlier post, I sketched lightly over Roman involvement. Never a good idea… Seriously, it was a long relationship lasting from the 2nd century BC through to the 5th century AD. Dealing with Rome |
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