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11 June 2026 The Future is the Product of the Past

Imagery of conquered provinces depicted as women: (left) reverse of a Judea Capta coin showing Titus towering over a seated Judea; (right) Gallia portrayed as a subdued female figure on the breastplate of the Augustus of Prima Porta. After RIC II.1 (167); photo courtesy of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Credit: Wigodner A. (2025), Cambridge Archaeological Journal

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2,500 Roman Votive Offerings in Britain and Gaul Reveal Gender Divide Between Clay Women and Metal Gods

7 February 2026

A new archaeological study examining nearly 2,500 votive offerings from Roman Britain and northern Gaul suggests that gender in the...