Life and Letters on the Roman Frontier

Name: Life and Letters on the Roman Frontier
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ISBN: 9780415920254

ISBN-10: 0415920256

ISBN-13: 9780415920254

Edition: 1998

Authors: Alan K. Bowman

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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…

Book details

Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 1/16/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 168
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.14" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



List of Illustrations


List of Abbreviations



Introduction



The Writing-Tablets



Strategies of Occupation



The Roman Army



Officers and Men, and Women



Social and Economic Life on The Frontier



Letters and Literacy


App. I: Technical Terminology


App. II: The Texts


Bibliography


The Plates


Index


Acknowledgments