June 3rd Centenary Celebration at the British Museum

To mark the 100th anniversary of the first meeting of the Roman Society on 3rd June, 1910, there was a celebration at the British Museum.  The President of the Society, Andrew Burnett (as the Emperor Vespasian) was joined by Bettany Hughes, Mary Beard and a number of classicists, archaeologists and staff of the British Museum in costume.  The Imperial Guard was provided by the re-enactment group Legio II Augusta.  Classics students from Godolphin and Latymer School and Holland Park Comprehensive presented a Birthday Card to the Emperor. 

In the morning, the President was interviewed on the Today Programme, and at lunchtime he delivered a public lecture on "Hordes and Hoards in Roman Britain" in the Clore Education Centre.

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