Roman Curse Tablets: Roger Tomlin

From stolen goods to broken hearts, the Roman world had a striking way of dealing with grievance: curse tablets.
Oxford historian and top epigraphistRoger Tomlin explores these eerie inscriptions, scratched onto thin sheets of lead and hidden away in temples, wells and rivers, where they were meant to reach the gods. What did people hope to achieve with these petty and often vindictive curses and what do they reveal about everyday life and the quest for supernatural justice in the ancient world? Timed for Halloween and the arrival of the newly acquired Tarlton curse tablets at the Corinium Museum.