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Roman Exeter Writing Project: Exploring RAMM and Wall

Roman Exeter Writing Project: Exploring RAMM and Wall - Thursday 22 January 2026 


Seal Boxes

Two pyriform (pear-shaped) seal boxes from 200 to 300 CE found in Exeter. The lids of these boxes protected the impression of a writer’s seal. String bound the wooden frame of the writing tablet and the string passed through holes in the base of the seal box. If anyone tried to open the tablet to read or to change the message, then the seal would break.


Romain Coins found in Exeter

Two Roman nummi coins from Exeter. The one numbered 161 is from the time of Magnus Maximus dated 387-388. The one numbered 162 is from the time of Theodosian 388-392. At this time, as the Roman Empire was nearing is end, incoming coin supply to Dumnonia and Exeter had stopped. A nummus had a high copper content.

End of Empire

In 383, Magnus Maximus was made emperor of Britannia, and of Gaul in 384. In 387 Magnus Maximus marched from his capital Trier, calling on the Roman soldiers still garrisoned in Britannia, with ambitions to widen his power.  At the Battle of Poetovio, Magnus Maximus was defeated by Theodosius I, which officially marks the end of imperial presence in Britannia. Poetovio is on the Drava river at Ptuj, the oldest town in Slovenia.


Ptuj, 30 kms south-east of Maribor, Slovenia and nearly 1000 kilometres from Trier

 

 



 

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