168 Pages
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Routledge
168 Pages
by
Routledge
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Routledge
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First published in 1998. Over three hundred letters and documents have recently been discovered at the fort of Vindolanda, written on wooden tablets which have amazingly survived nearly 2000 years. Painstakingly deciphered by Alan Bowman and J. David Thomas, they have contributed a wealth of evidence for daily life in the Roman Empire. From the military documents we learn of the strength and... Read more
1 Introduction,2 The Writing-Tablets,3 Strategies of Occupation,4 The Roman Army,5 Officers and Men, and Women,6 Social and Economic Life on the Frontier,7 Letters and Literacy,
Biography
Alan K. Bowman is a Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Oxford.
"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.
