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Octavius to his brother Candidus, greetings. The hundred pounds of sinew from Marinus -- I will settle up. From the time when you wrote about this matter, he has not even mentioned it to me. I have several times written to you that I have bought about five thousand modii of ears of grain, on account of which I need cash . . ..
–Roman soldier stationed on the wild northern-frontier of England around 100 AD.
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Greetings, I ask that you send the things which I need for the use of my boys . . . which you well know I cannot properly get hold of here . . . --A Roman solider on the frontier of England around AD 100
Over three hundred letters and documents were recently discovered at the fort of Vindolanda, in Northern England, written on wooden tablets which have survived nearly 2,000 years. Painstakingly deciphered by Alan Bowman, the materials contribute a wealth of evidence for daily life in the Roman Empire.
Military documents testify to the lifestyle of officers and soldiers stationed at Vindolanda, and portraits of domestic life are included in letters between the officers' wives and a letter from home promising a solider a package of socks. The engaging texts from thirty-four tablets provide insight into the similarities of daily existence in the Roman Empire and the present.
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Octavius to his brother Candidus, greetings. The hundred pounds of sinew from Marinus -- I will settle up. From the time when you wrote about this matter, he has not even mentioned it to me. I have several times written to you that I have bought about five thousand modii of ears of grain, on account of which I need cash . . ..
–Roman soldier stationed on the wild northern-frontier of England around 100 AD.
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Greetings, I ask that you send the things which I need for the use of my boys . . . which you well know I cannot properly get hold of here . . . --A Roman solider on the frontier of England around AD 100
Over three hundred letters and documents were recently discovered at the fort of Vindolanda, in Northern England, written on wooden tablets which have survived nearly 2,000 years. Painstakingly deciphered by Alan Bowman, the materials contribute a wealth of evidence for daily life in the Roman Empire.
Military documents testify to the lifestyle of officers and soldiers stationed at Vindolanda, and portraits of domestic life are included in letters between the officers' wives and a letter from home promising a solider a package of socks. The engaging texts from thirty-four tablets provide insight into the similarities of daily existence in the Roman Empire and the present.
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The preservation, recognition and recovery of large quantities of written material at a key site in the development of the northern frontier of the Roman empire in the period before the construction of Hadrian's Wall is one of the most important and exciting recent developments in Romano-British archaeology and history. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
suo salutem, leaf tablets, equestrian officers, strength report, birthday invitation, nominal strength, many greetings, auxiliary units, officer class Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Flavius Cerialis, Hadrian's Wall, Claudia Severa, Gallia Belgica, Ninth Cohort of Batavians, Aelius Brocchus, Claudius Karus, First Cohort of Tungrians, Sulpicia Lepidina, Cassius Saecularis, Natural History, Petillius Cerialis, Annius Equester, Cassius Dio, Clodius Super, Hostilius Flavianus, Julius Verecundus, Mons Claudianus, Mons Graupius, Ninth Legion, Roman Britain, Twentieth Cohort of Palmyrene Archers New!
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The preservation, recognition and recovery of large quantities of written material at a key site in the development of the northern frontier of the Roman empire in the period before the construction of Hadrian's Wall is one of the most important and exciting recent developments in Romano-British archaeology and history. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
suo salutem, leaf tablets, equestrian officers, strength report, birthday invitation, nominal strength, many greetings, auxiliary units, officer class Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Flavius Cerialis, Hadrian's Wall, Claudia Severa, Gallia Belgica, Ninth Cohort of Batavians, Aelius Brocchus, Claudius Karus, First Cohort of Tungrians, Sulpicia Lepidina, Cassius Saecularis, Natural History, Petillius Cerialis, Annius Equester, Cassius Dio, Clodius Super, Hostilius Flavianus, Julius Verecundus, Mons Claudianus, Mons Graupius, Ninth Legion, Roman Britain, Twentieth Cohort of Palmyrene Archers New!
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- Roman Britain (BBC Fact Finders) by Jenny Hall in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Roman Britain (English Heritage) by Martin Millett in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Roman Britain by R.G. Collingwood in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Roman Britain by J. S. Wacher in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Fasti of Roman Britain by Anthony Birley in Back Matter
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- A Preface to Romans: Notes on the Epistle in Its Literary and Cultural Setting by Christopher Bryan on 4 pages
- Britain in the First Millennium (Britain and Europe) by Edward James in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Christianization and Communication in Late Antiquity: John Chrysostom and his Congregation in Antioch by Jaclyn L. Maxwell on page 101, and Back Matter
- Paul and First-Century Letter Writing: Secretaries, Composition and Collection by E. Randolph Richards on page 215, and Back Matter
- The Roman Era: The British Isles: 55 BC-AD 410 (Short Oxford History of the British Isles) by Peter Salway in Back Matter
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