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Vindolanda : Everyday Life on Rome's Northern Frontier - Robin Birley

Vindolanda

Everyday Life on Rome's Northern Frontier

By: Robin Birley

Paperback | 15 January 2009

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The beautiful site the Romans called Vindolanda lies in south-west Northumberland, in the district of Tynedale, more or less half way between the North Sea east of Newcastle and the Irish Sea to the west of Carlisle. It is just within the boundary of the Northumberland National Park, and is a part of the World Heritage Site of Hadrian''s Wall. The Wall itself was built on the whinstone ridge a mile to the north, with the fort of Housesteads two miles to the north-east, and that of Great Chesters five miles to the north-west. This book follows the site throughout its many phases of use and occupation. It explores the everyday life of those who lived and worked on the site and provides valuable new insight into the larger context of Rome''s Northern Frontier: Hadrian''s Wall. The translations of the Vindolanda Scrolls (''send fresh socks'' etc) are also a treat!

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