
Tim Penn
Lecturer in Roman and Late Antique Material Culture, University of Reading
Tim Penn is a Roman and late antique archaeologist. His research is driven by a desire to understand the everyday lives of people across the Roman Empire from the Late Republic to Late Antiquity. His research considers/explores Roman culture on multiple levels, from largescale landscape analysis through to site-level studies and the interrogation of individual objects, with the aim of understanding Roman daily life in its social context.
Latest articles by Tim Penn

Romans loved to wear socks and sandals — could that be the reason for the massive shoes found at Magna fort?
By Tim Penn published
Archaeologists aren't "baffled" by giant shoes but see them as a way to test different theories about how Roman soldiers coped with new environments along Hadrian's Wall.
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