An amazing Roman image of the winged goddess of Victoria was discovered near Hadrian’s wall (Hadrian’s Wall or Hadrian’s Shaft) by volunteers who help archaeologists in official excavations.
The stone relief was found by a couple from Merseyside to Vindolanda, the site of an important Roman fort next to Hexham, Northumberland, the United Kingdom.
Dilys Quinlan, 69, works in the field of health, and her husband, Jim, 68, is an engineer at Liverpool City Council.
For 21 years they have been volunteers for Vindolanda, regularly going from their home near Liverpool to help archeologists on the spot. To their delight, they noticed a stone relief among the rubble they were cleaning from the infantry barracks on the site, reporting Noi.mdwith reference to
Rob Collins, professor of border archeology at Newcastle University, identified the figure as Victory, the personification of victory in Roman religion and mythology, honored in time of war and often attributed to success on the battlefield.
Bierley said that these barracks from Vindolanda were built at the end of a tumultuous period for Romanians in the United Kingdom, around 213 AD, immediately after the northern wars.
The 47 cm sculptures symbolized the end of the wars and were part of a much larger relief. The barracks was once adorned with a large decorative arch and a gate.
