Open Access Journal: ARA News: The Association for Roman Archaeology

The Association for Roman Archaeology uses its membership income to promote the following objectives

To spread knowledge of Roman civilisation.

Research on Roman sites in the U.K.

Preserve our Roman antiquities.

Present Roman sites and collections.

Publish findings from all our active archaeological archives.

Our principal objective is to promote the advancement of the education of the public in the history and archaeology of the Roman period.

The A.R.A. publish a fully coloured Newsletter annually, and we upload copies here on the website for people to view.

The Newsletters on the website are available in PDF format, please clink on a link below. 

ARA Newsletter Number 14 Click here for pdf
Seat of fire revealed at Colchester
Part of Gloucester's Roman city wall goes on display
Snippets: Chichester, Tivoli, Chester, Bradford-on-Avon, Chester,

ARA Newsletter Number 15: August 2003Click here for pdf
Snippets: Brough, York, Goodmanham, Chester, Utrecht, London, Southwell, Colchester

ARA Newsletter Number 16: March 2004Click here for pdf
Exciting Roman coin find
Snippets: Hadrian's Wall, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Colchester, London, Pompeii, Higham Ferrers, Southwark, Llandeilo, Lincoln, Hertfordshire, Coberley

ARA Newsletter Number 17: November 2004Click here for pdf
Changes in the Association's Publications
Members day visit to Silchester
Annual Dinner at Fishbourne
Archaeological News Round-up: Broadstairs, Vindolanda,
Lindsey Davis at Richborough
Malton Museum; two goddesses unveiled at Malton Museum
Archaeological News Round-up:Colchester, Abergavenny

ARA Newsletter Number 18: November 2005Click here for pdf part 1/ part 2
Editorial
The Roman Centurian's Song _Rudyard Kipling
Professional obituraries
Archaeological News Round-up: Colchester; Rabbits in Roman Britain; Socks with Sandals; York burials; Vindolanda sculpture.
The Jewry Wall, Leicester: Stuart Bailey
A Greek Island Villa: Bryan Matthews
The Big Roman Database: Rebecca Newman
Timber building at Vindolanda
The Roman Villa at Minori: Thomas F Morrison
Crossword
Tales from an Itinerant Traveller: Hardknot Roman Fort (Mediobogdum): Don Flear
Anamur / Anemurium: David Pritchard
The Puzzle of the Amphorae: CA Noons
Traveller's Itinerary: Allen Farnworth
Archaeological News Round-up: Leicestershire hoard; Staffordshire Patera

ARA Newsletter Number 19: April 2007Click here for pdf
Editorial
The Lost Mosaics of Bramdean, Hampshire
Tales from an Itinerant Traveller: Roman Cyprus (part 1): Don Flear
The Roman Settlement at Crab Farm, Dorset: Bryn Walters
The Dodd's Brigantia Weekend Diary: Tim Dodd
An Overview of Roman Essex: Bryn Walters
Imperial Emblems found in Rome: Bryn Walters
Spectacular Roman Sites around Lake Garda, Italy: Geoff and Glenis Long
Members visit to Northern France: Geoff and Glenis Long
Rare find in Leicester: Tom Bennett
Archaeological News Round-up: Silbury Hill; Newchurch (Isle of Wight); Leicester Vine Street excavations; Lancaster bath house; Priapus statue at Vindolanda
Professional obituaries

ARA Newsletter Number 20: April 2008 Click here for pdf part 1/ part 2
Editorial
Cologne to Eifel to Tongeren to Metz: Allen Farnworth
Tales from an Itinerant Traveller: Roman Cyprus (part 2): Don Greenword (formerly Flear)
Readers Letters
Two Venue Curators retire
Archaeological News Round-up: Early Roman coin found in Cornwall; Lupercal cave possibly found on the Palatine; Herculaneum wood and ivory thorne; Chichester
excavations; House of Augustus, Rome; Aldborough, York coffin found; Lancaster Roman memorial stone found
A Second Fort is Confirmed in Cornwall: Steve Hartgroves and John R Smith
Chester's Roman Town: Peter Carrington
Archaeology in the Park: Dan Garner
Impressive Villas over the Bay of Naples: Geoff and Glenis Long
Archaeological News Round-up: Vindoland brooch; Suffolk Villa excavations; Vindolanda statue base found
Professional obituaries
Malton Museum
Archaeological News Round-up: Chester's amphitheatre; London tableware; Ewell cult centre; London Roman door; Corbridge road ramp;

ARA Newsletter Number 21: February 2009Click here for pdf
Editorial
Third Roman Fort found in Cornwall: Dr Chris Smart
Tales from an Itinerant Traveller: Roman Cyprus (part 3: Don Greenword
Professional obituaries
Readers Letters
Archaeological News Round up: Sagalassos, Turkey statue found
ARA Visit to the Greek and Roman Sites of Libya in 2008: J and LT Webb
Journey's End, short story: Howard Gibbs
New Figured Mosaic found near Kemble, Glos: Anthony Beeson
The Head in the River: Kevin Cooke
Archaeological News Round-up: Arles, France bust found; Sea Mills, Bristol possible fort

ARA Newsletter Number 22: September 2009Click here for pdf
Editorial
Tales from an Itinerant Traveller: Roman Cyprus (part 4): Don Greenword
ARA Information Technology and Communications
Towns in Britain AD300-700 Conference Report: Rebecca Newman
Archaeological News Round-up: Vindolanda road and granaries; Newcastle sarcophagi; Vindolanda Jupiter Dolchenus shrine;
Book Reviews
Roman Cyprus: Salamis and other Northern Sites: Nich Hogben
Archaeological News Round-up: London millefiori bowl; Silchester Iron Age predecessor; Southwell, Notts possible Religious complex;

ARA Newsletter Number 23: March 2010 Click here for pdf
Editorial
The great North Museum, Newcastle: Anne Woollett
Archaeological News Round-up: Britain's oldest Roman coin; Rome Nero's banqueting house; South Shields / Arbeia fort excavations
Romans, Police Cars and Football Fans; Incidents of Travel in Algeria: Rebecca Newman
The Missing 90% in Roman Britain; Conference on the Romano-British Countryside 2010 report: Rebecca Newman
Roman Displays at the Grosvenor Museum, Chester: Elizabeth Royles
Alderney's Shore Fort: Nicholas Hogben
Professor John Wilkes; ARA's Honorary President; an introduction: Grahame Soffe
Archaeological News Round-up: Arbeia altar; Cameo glass vase; Nova Zagora, Bulgaria tomb.

ARA Newsletter Number 24Click here for pdf part 1/ part 2
Editorial
A New Fort Discovered in Exeter: Tim Gent
How were Roman villas glazed and vented?
Spotlight on Trimontium Museum: Donald Gordon
ARA goes digital
Archaeological News Round-up: Suffolk lantern; Bury St Edmunds Priapus figure; Holbrook, Suffolk figure; Folkestone re-excavations; Frome coin hoard; Aberystwyth villa; Alton pendant.
Roman Bath-house Discovered at Bax Farm, Kent: Brian Philip
Roman Finds in Thanet, Kent: Gordon Taylor
The Tale of the Emperor's Head
Archaeological News Round-up: Herculaneum recent discoveries; Chedworth mosaic; Gloucester Roman wall; Hinton St Mary, Dorset mosaic; Caistor, Lincolnshire excavations; Papcastle, Cumbria; Woodchester Orpheus replica mosaic; Silchester recent finds
Jordon, ARA study tour: John Bithell
Archaeological News Round-up: Carlisle publication; Canterbury excavations, Musselburgh altars; York burial; Southwick villa
A Walk Along Hadrian's Wall: A personal view : David Sleep
Spotlight on Newport Villa, Isle of Wight: Nicholas Hogben
Third Year of Excavations at Brading Villa
Archaeological News Round-up: Combley Villa new display; Twekesbury Roman building
Book Reviews

ARA Newsletter Number 25 March 2011Click here for pdf
Editorial
Romans on the Rhine: ARA Study Tour 2010: John Partridge
Archaeological News Round-up: New Caligula statue at Nemi; Roman crop marks; Pompeii / Vesuvius website; 4th century paintings at Santa Tecla; Papcastle excavations; Vindolanda finds.
Vaison La Romaine and Glanum: overlooked treasures of Roman Provence: Gareth Harney
Folkstone Roman Villa: 2010 excavations: Keith Parfitt
The Thurmaston Milestone: Stuart Bailey
Spotlight on Museum of the Iron Age, Andover: Martin Elvery
Archaeological News Round-up: Survey at Caerleon; Excavation at Caerleon; Nabatean wall paintings; Roman site beneath Kettleby; Hallaton Helmet; History of Rome Podcasts.
The Mosaics of Sousse: cultural fashion in Roman Africa: Martin Elvery
Book Review: The Frome Hoard
Roman Spain: Ines Garcia and Bernie Spiegelhalter

ARA Newsletter Number 26 September 2011Click here for pdf
Editorial
Archaeological News Round-up: Maryport excavations: Vindolanda denarii.
ARA Study Tour of Classical and Roman Libya, Nov 2009: Marigold Norbye
Archaeological News Round-up: Colchester mosaic; Caligula statue at Nemi update; Herculaneum Roman sewage; Roman Doncaster excavations.
Spotlight on Dolaucothi Mines: Gareth Harney
Hadrian's Wall Update: David Sleep
Novae and the Valetudinarium of Legio I Italica: John Bithell
Re-evaluating the identification of Roman military hospitals: Patricia Baker
Mithras in Scotland: spectacular new altars unveiled: Anthony Beeson
Archaeological News Round-up: Rome's Tunnel of Wonders; Puddletown Roman road; York's station baths refound; Musselburgh cemetery; Pantheon's lighting. Latin Epigraphy: how to read and understand Roman inscriptions, Part 1: Marigold Norbye
Archaeological News Round-up: New settlement near Exeter; Roman Sheffield; Caerleon excavations. South Warwickshire Roman Hoard: Martin Elvery
Archaeological News Round-up: Venta Icenorum acquired for nation; Zejtun, Malta villa restoration. Recent ARA Grants

ARA Newsletter Number 27 March 2012 Click here for pdf part 1/ part 2

Editorial
Campaign to preserve Southwell Roman site: Bryn Walters
ARA Study Tour of Jordan, 2011: Marigold Norbye
RESCUE, the British Archaeological Trust; still campaigning after 40 years: Jude Plouviez
Archaeological News Round-up: Roman Swiss-army knife; Arbeia Amphora; Lower Borrowbridge, Cumbria excavations; Corinium cemetery; Cirencester cockerel. Land of Eagles; Journeys in Roman Albania: Gareth Harney
Romans in Commagene: Rebecca Newman
Excavation at Charles Street, Dorchester: John Bithell
Spotlight on Lunt Roman Fort: Martin Elvery From Julius Caesar to Claudius; the late Iron Age / Roman transition, Report on a conference at the university of Leicester 2011 Nov 5th: Stuart Bailey
The Imagery of the Hallerton helmet; decoration depicting Roman victory revealed by restoration: Anthony Beeson
Archaeological News Round-up: London mithraeum; Spanish mosaic damaged; Camelon, Falkirk Roman sandals; Londinium token; Latin Epigraphy: how to read and understand Roman inscriptions, Part 2: Marigold Norbye
The Lost City of the Legion; preliminary excavations in Caerleon’s monumental suburb hint at great future discoveries: Anthony Beeson
Ramblings of an Ancient Volunteer Archaeologist, digging through his memories: Michael C Looker
Archaeological News Round-up: Southwark Roman bath

ARA Newsletter Number 28 September 2012 Click here for pdf part 1/ part 2

Editorial
A Visit to the Novium, Chichester s New Museum: Grahame Soffe
The Jupiter Stone: a Romano-British sculptural treasure goes on display at the Novium: Anthony Beeson
ARA Study Tour of Sicily: John Partridge
Halstock Roman Villa, Dorset; a lost floor of opus sectile: Bryn Walters
A Tale of Three Emperors; images of Roman defeat in Sasanian Iran: Ian Heritage
Archaeological News Round-up: Lupa Capitolina Etruscan?; Tyne and Wear Hadrian's Wall community project; Birthplace of Augustus in Rome found; Rediscovery of statue of Mark Antony and Cleopatra's twins. Jublains; a provincial Gallo-Roman civitas: Marigold Norbye
Archaeological News Round-up: Beau Street hoard; Walton, Peterborough new villa; Arch of Titus paint traces.
Three treasures of Ancient Britain and Sweet Fanny Adams: Anthony Beeson
Archaeological News Round-up: Maryport altar excavations
Recent ARA Grants