Legion collects Roman artefacts from Fishbourne palace

The Butser IX Legion have paid a visit to Fishbourne Roman Palace to collect a few artefacts donated by the Fishbourne team.
By The Newsroom
Published 6th Aug 2017, 17:02 BST
Updated 11th Sep 2017, 12:47 BST

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Romans at FishbourneRomans at Fishbourne
Romans at Fishbourne

The artefacts date back to an archaeological dig from 1992 around the Fishbourne area, and include boxes of ceramic building material.

Since the dig, these materials have been catalogued, recorded and studied as archaeological evidence, and now the Fishbourne team have decided to kindly donate a few of these artefacts to Butser Ancient Farm, where they can be used to teach schoolchildren about Roman Britain through the Butser education programme.

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Two members of the Butser Roman IX Legion arrived to collect the artefacts from curator Rob Symmons and take them back to the farm, where the Butser team will be able to offer children the chance to hold pieces of history in their hands.

Rob and the rest of the Fishbourne team are delighted that the artefacts have found a new home and will engage new children with archaeology, bringing the past to life and forging a connection with our ancestors.

The artefacts relate to the Roman occupation of the area, which was one of the earliest places that the Romans occupied Britain. The local Iron Age ‘king’ Togidubnus was apparently receptive to Roman settlers, and may have aided the Romans in establishing their presence in the area. The palace itself may well have been the home of Togidubnus, who had become Romanised and affected a Roman lifestyle.

To learn more about Roman Britain, join the team at Butser for their Roman Summer extravaganza, running throughout August and finishing with their Glorious Games and Gladiators day on Monday, August 28. More information can be found at www.butserancientfarm.com/romansummer.

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