Once I was a clever boy learning the arts of Oxford... is a quotation from the verses written by Bishop Richard Fleming (c.1385-1431) for his tomb in Lincoln Cathedral. Fleming, the founder of Lincoln College in Oxford, is the subject of my research for a D. Phil., and, like me, a son of the West Riding. I have remarked in the past that I have a deeply meaningful on-going relationship with a dead fifteenth century bishop... it was Fleming who, in effect, enabled me to come to Oxford and to learn its arts, and for that I am immensely grateful.


Friday, 13 March 2026

More on a High Imperial Theme


A couple of months ago, I posted a thread on recent discoveries on Roman Imperial history. Since then, I have come across more online material about discoveries and new interpretations of archaeological material relating to the period. I am therefore going to post another slightly longer thread. By doing, so, it means it each particular topic gets a post of its own, but they are linked in a sequence which hopefully illuminates something of the history of the period. 

As with the previous postings I will start on the northern frontier of Roman Britannia with the tribes to the north, and what is now Scotland, and then move southwards across the country before moving to discoveries in western and central Europe, and ending up once again on the cultural frontier between Rome and both Egypt and Persia in the Levant.

 I hope the journey proves interesting to my readers.

1 comment:

Zephyrinus said...

A fascinating subject, John, which will undoubtedly captivate your Readers.

Thank you.