Garum was a favourite condimentof the Romans. It was made made from the fermented blood and innards of selected fish and was produced across the empire to meet the wide demand. Luckily, ancient sources describe the different types of garum and how it was made. The written sources are complemented by evidence from Pompeii, and it appears to have been a very lucrative trade. Salt was also a significant contributor to the Roman economy, and was vital to the preservation of foodstuffs including meat, dairy and fish.

Martyn Allen is well known to many in the Roman Studies Group, having talked to us previously, and as a freelance osteoarchaeologist he has provided expert bone  reports for some of our excavations. He is  currently a Post-Excavation Project Manager working for Oxford Archaeology Ltd. His  research focuses on the settlement and agricultural economy of late Iron Age and Roman Britain, with an emphasis on the zooarchaeological evidence.

Sadie Watson is an experienced archaeologist who has extensive experience excavating and supervising complex urban sites. She was responsible for leading the excavations at Bloomberg London 2010-14, and has agreed to talk to us on this work, including the writing tablets found, and to give us an update on the post-excavation work.

A World Heritage Thematic Study on the Roman Frontiers. 

Encircling the Mediterranean Sea, the Roman Frontier is the single largest monument surviving from the Roman World. Dr Marinus Rien Polak, Radboud University Nijmegmen will present case studies on this thematic study.

More details and tickets on: icomos-uk.org/events

Talk by Graham Mackenzie, Chief Engineer of SS Shieldhall

Talk by R Cansdale, Basingstoke Canal Society

Talk by Michael Alliott, son of an Aviation Pioneer.

Talk by Doug Irvine, Civil Engineer

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Details from Bob Bryson meetings@sihg.org.uk

Talk by Trevor Williams. Farnham U3A

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Details from Bob Bryson meetings@sihg.org.uk

For the last of our Winter series of talks Harvey Sheldon will be presenting the second part of his presentation on Roman Southwark. 

Harvey is an Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London and  has had extensive experience of excavations in London since the 1960s. Harvey Sheldon has been engaged in archaeological projects in Southwark and other parts of London since the 1960s. Together with Jon Cotton, Harvey directed the Hatch Furlong excavations in Ewell, 2006-9. He is currently Chairman of the Rose Theatre Trust.