Buxton Roman Festival - 5th April 2025.

 

Roman milestone from Buxton

The Roman name for Buxton was Aquae Arnemetiae ('Waters of the goddess Arnemetia') and the town was one of the two thermal baths in Roman Britannia along with Aquae Sulis (Bath). 

Roman Buxton had several of Bath houses, today their sites lie under the Crescent areaof the town. There was a temple of the goddess Arnemetiae which was built in the Classical style with a rectangular podium supporting a shrine room with portico of columns to the front.

 The event is being held at the Assembly Room and Pump Room in Buxton from 10:00am to 4:30pm. It is a free event but donations are welcome.

Buxton Cresent Heritage Trust's website has this to say about the event:

"This year, we are thrilled to introduce Buxton’s very first Roman Day—a special event dedicated to celebrating the rich Roman heritage that played a crucial role in shaping the town’s history.

 

From the early development of Buxton to the significance of its famous thermal waters, we will explore the deep connections between the Romans and this historic area.

Join us for a full day of immersive experiences, including captivating living history displays, interactive activities, and engaging features designed for visitors of all ages.

 

Whether you’re fascinated by Roman military tactics, daily life in ancient times, or the legendary healing properties of Buxton’s waters, there will be something for everyone to enjoy.

 

Come and step back in time with us as we bring Romans back to Buxton!"

See you there!

 

The Batavi at Bosworth once again!

 

Once again The Batavi will be taking part in the Leicestershire Festival of Archaeology

Roman Around

Saturday July 30th – Sunday 31st 

10am – 4pm

at

Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre & Country Park, Sutton Cheney, CV13 0AD

Long before the Battle of Bosworth took place, the site housed an important Roman Temple. 

The Batavi Re-enactment group will be displaying everyday Roman life such as cooking and pottery and exploring the life and equipment of Roman soldiers in the 3rd and 4th centuries A.D.

What’s more Boudicca, leader of the Iceni Tribe will be there to tell her story, she’s not a fan of the Romans though, so there maybe some trouble!

More information include prices can be found on the Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre website.

 After nearly two years the BATAVI are back at a public event!  After doing last year's event as part of an online series of short pieces on late Roman life, we are able to do our next event in person. Of course, there will be some restrictions due to the current Covid regulations but we will be able to do most of our normal displays.

 

As part of the Leicestershire Festival of Archaeology we will be

Roman Around

Saturday July 17th – Sunday 18th: 10am – 4pm

at

Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre & Country Park, Sutton Cheney, CV13 0AD

Long before the Battle of Bosworth took place, the site housed an important Roman Temple. 

The Batavi Re-enactment group will be camped on site and covering a whole manner of everyday roman life experiences from home and family life aspects such as cooking and pottery to exploring the life and attire of a Roman soldier. 

What’s more Boudicca, leader of the Iceni Tribe will be there to tell her story, she’s not a fan of the Romans though, so there maybe some trouble!

More information include prices can be found on the Leicestershire Festival of Archaeology website.

Happy 2,773rd birthday to the city of Rome!

MMDCCLXXIII Dies Romana

The 21^st april 2020 is the 2,773^rd year since the founding of

the city of Rome.

Sadly, the great parade in Rome has been cancelled this years due to coronavirus so we have to commemorate the date in other ways

The official statue of Romulus & Remus.

So Happy Birthday to the Eternal City!

 

The less-official version but much cooler Romano-British version on display

in the Leeds city museum.

Discover the Romans at Bosworth Battlefield Saturday 20th July - Sunday 21st July 2019

Discover the Romans at Bosworth Battlefield

Saturday 20th July - Sunday 21st July, 10:30 am - 4:00 pm

The BATAVI will be taking part in the Bosworth Battlefield Centre's first Roman event!

Whilst hunting for the Medieval battle site, metal detectorists came across  a large number of Roman brooches and other finds. These dated mainly from the 2nd to early 5th centuries AD. This lead to the discovery of a Temple, probably to Mars, on the site. This event is the first to promote the Roman aspects of the area.

The BATAVI will have a small camp with displays on late Roman military & civilian life and our famed food & cookery display.

There will be a presentation on the equipment of the Roman soldier covering the 2nd century, the 3rd century & the 4th/5th centuries, showing how the army & its role developed of the Roman period.

New recruits of all ages can learn Roman Drill & some Celtic supporters of Boudicca will be stirring up trouble!

There will also be talks on Roman religion, temples & religious sites in Leicestershire, the possible site of Boudicca's defeat and the latest finds from Roman Leicester.

Items, especially the "horse & rider brooches" found at the local temple site can also be seen in a small exhibition.

The official webpage for the event can be found here

Friends of Jewry Wall Museum Roman event - Sunday 29th July 2018

Friends of Jewry Wall Museum Roman event

Sunday 29th July 2018

The BATAVI and other Roman groups will be taking part in the Friends of Jewry Wall Museum Roman event 

to be held at Saint Nicholas’ church 

and the grounds of the Jewry Wall museum 

in the heart of Roman Leicester..

The Jewry Wall museum, itself, is currently closed for a major

refurbishment but their Friends group have continued a series of

events to keep the museum in the public mind.

The event is free and runs from 11.00am to 4.00pm

See you there!

The BATAVI are a small, friendly group who re-enact military and civilian life in the 4th to 6th centuries A.D.

Our military activities are based around a late Roman army unit, the Batavi Iuniores Britanniciani, which may have been formed in Britain in around 367 A.D. They then moved to join part of the mobile Gallic field army and are last recorded in central Gaul in the 420s A.D.

We also have a small late Roman Navy section, the Classis Sabrinae, and a civilian wing which displays everyday life, crafts and cookery from the period.

We have currently members in the Midlands and South of the UK.