Housesteads Roman Fort The Grandest Station

Author : Alan Rushworth
Publisher : English Heritage Publishing
Page : 659 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781848021655

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Housesteads Roman Fort - the Grandest Station by Alan Rushworth Pdf

Housesteads is one of the most important forts on Hadrian's Wall. Extensive excavations were carried out between 1874 and 1981 by Newcastle University. Combining the results with those of excavations done between 1959 and 1961 by Durham University, we now have a complete plan of the north-east part of the fort. These excavations uncovered principally Buildings XIII, XIV and XV, plus stretches of rampartbetween the north and east gates, along with a multitude of features and stratigraphic evidence, revealing not only the sequences but also large finds assemblages. In addition to shedding much light on the material culture of the fort's occupants and the structural and chronological relationships between various parts of the fort, limited reinvestigation of Building XIV and excavatin of the east end of Building XV enabled significant reinterpretation of the original conclusions reached by the Durham investigators, including some redating of structures. These excavations uncover the full 300-year period during which the fort formed an integal part of the Roman military frontier, for much if not all of that time the base of the cohors I Tungrorum milliaria peditat. This report documents the excavations and gives full finds reports, and the analysis of the evidence has enabled the authors to provide a full history of this part of the fort.

Author : Alan Rushworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : OCLC:1066455624

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Housesteads Roman Fort - the Grandest Station by Alan Rushworth Pdf

Author : Alan Rushworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1848020260

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Housesteads Roman Fort - the Grandest Station by Alan Rushworth Pdf

Author : James Crow,English Heritage
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Romans
ISBN : 1848021240

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Housesteads Roman Fort by James Crow,English Heritage Pdf

Solitary, beneath the wide Northumbrian sky and sprawled across the jagged rampart of the Whin Sill escarpment, the Roman fort at Housesteads represents the northern margin of an empire which once reached as far as the Caucasus and the Atlas Mountains. One of the 15 forts built on Hadrian's Wall, which was started in AD 122, it is situated about midway along the Wall's length. An infantry regiment about 800 strong - the First Cohort of Tungrians raised in eastern Belgium - garrisoned the fort for much of the period of Roman rule here. The visible remains - including the finest preserved latrines known from Roman Britain - reveal the changing needs of the garrison up to the early fifth century. Form then the fort seems to have been largely abandoned until the 16th century, when it was taken over by a lawless community on the Anglo-Scottish border.Renowned since the early 19th century as the 'Grandest Station' along the Wall, Housesteads has been the focus of archaeological research for almost 200 years. The inscriptions and scultpures scattered around the site attracted early antiquarian visitors. Excavations throughout the 19th century, and especially in 1989, provided one of the earliest examples of a complete plan of a Roman fort known anywhere in the Empire.

Author : Nick Hodgson
Publisher : The Crowood Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780719821592

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Hadrian's Wall by Nick Hodgson Pdf

Built around AD122, Hadrian's Wall was guarded by the Roman army for over three centuries and has left an indelible mark on the landscape of northern Britain. It was a wonder of the ancient world and is a World Heritage Site. Written by a leading archaeologist who has excavated widely on the Wall, this is an authoritative yet accessible treatment of the archaeological evidence. The book explains why the expansion of the Roman empire ground to a halt in remote northern Britain, how the Wall came to be built and the purpose it was intended to serve. It is not a guidebook to the remains, but an introduction to the Wall and the soldiers and civilians, men, women and children, who once peopled the abandoned ruins visited by tourists today. Contents include: Historical background to the Wall; How the Wall was built and its appearance on completion; The history of the Wall from Hadrian to the end of Roman Britain; The purpose of the Wall. This introduction to Hadrian's Wall, the most impressive and famous physical reminder of Britain's Roman past, will be of great interest to all students and keen amateurs of Roman history, archaeology and general history, and is profusely illustrated throughout with 60 colour and 30 black & white photographs and 10 Maps.

Author : Ángel Morillo Cerdán,Norbert Hanel,Esperanza Martín
Publisher : Ediciones Polifemo
Page : 1684 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 8496813258

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International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies 20 by Ángel Morillo Cerdán,Norbert Hanel,Esperanza Martín Pdf

This massive three volume set publishes the proceedings of the 2006 Limes conference which was held in Leon, a total of 138 contributions. Naturally these cover a vast range of topics related to Roman military archaeology and the Roman frontiers. The archaeology of the Roman military in Spain, and contributions by Spanish scholars are prominent, whilst other themes include the internal frontiers, the end of the frontiers and the barbarians in the empire, the fortified town in the late Roman period, soldiers on the move and the early development of frontiers . Further sessions had a regional focus. Majority of essays in English, some in Spanish, German and Italian

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004392083

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Environment and Society in the Long Late Antiquity by Anonim Pdf

Environment and Society in the Long Late Antiquity brings together scientific, archaeological and historical evidence on the interplay of social change and environmental phenomena at the end of Antiquity and the dawn of the Middle Ages, ca. 300-800 AD.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 1119 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004252585

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War and Warfare in Late Antiquity (2 vols.) by Anonim Pdf

This collection of papers, arising from the Late Antique Archaeology conference series, explores war and warfare in Late Antiquity. Papers examine strategy and intelligence, weaponry, literary sources and topography, the West Roman Empire, the East Roman Empire, the Balkans, civil war and Italy.

Author : Nick Hodgson,Bill Griffiths
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781803273457

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Roman Frontier Archaeology – in Britain and Beyond by Nick Hodgson,Bill Griffiths Pdf

Contributions by leading archaeologists and historians pay tribute to Paul Bidwell, admired for his ground-breaking work both in the south-west and the military north of Roman Britain. This collection will be essential reading for anyone with an interest in either the civil or military aspects of Roman Britain, or the frontiers of the Roman empire.

Author : Steven Willis
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781785700774

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Journal of Roman Pottery Studies Volume 16 by Steven Willis Pdf

The Journal of Roman Pottery Studies continues to present a cross-section of recent research not just from the UK but also Europe. Volume 16 carries papers on a variety of subjects from Britain and the Continent, ranging from papers dealing with production sites to those looking at the distribution of types. There are case studies on kiln vessels from Essex, pottery production in Roman Cologne, excavations at Toulouse, as well as an examination of transport routes of samian ware to Britain. Also included are an editorial, obituaries and book reviews.

Author : Rob Collins,Matt Symonds,Meike Weber
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782979937

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Roman Military Architecture on the Frontiers by Rob Collins,Matt Symonds,Meike Weber Pdf

The Roman army was one of the most astounding organizations in the ancient world, and much of the success of the Roman empire can be attributed to its soldiers. Archaeological remains and ancient texts provide detailed testimonies that have allowed scholars to understand and reconstruct the army’s organization and activities. This interest has traditionally worked in tandem with the study of Roman frontiers. Historically, the early imperial period, and in particular the emergence of the frontiers, has been the focus of research. During those investigations, however, the remains of the later Roman army were also frequently encountered, if not always understood. Recent decades have brought a burgeoning interest in not only the later Roman army, but also late antiquity more widely. It is the aim of this volume to demonstrate that while scholars grappling with the late Roman army may want for a rich corpus of inscriptions and easily identifiable military installations, research is revealing a dynamic, less-predictable force that was adapting to a changing world, in terms of both external threats and its own internal structures. The dynamism and ingenuity of the late Roman army provides a breath of fresh air after the suffocating uniformity of its forbears. The late Roman army was a vital and influential element in the late antique empire. Having evolved through the 3rd century and been formally reorganized under Diocletian and Constantine, the limitanei guarded the frontiers, while the comitatenses provided mobile armies that were fielded against external enemies and internal threats. The transformation of the early imperial army to the late antique army is documented in the rich array of texts from the period, supplemented by a perhaps surprisingly rich archaeological record.

Author : Andrew Tibbs
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781398113107

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A Short Guide to Hadrian's Wall by Andrew Tibbs Pdf

An accessible illustrated introduction to the history of sites located across the iconic location of Hadrian's Wall.

Author : Robin Fleming
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812297362

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The Material Fall of Roman Britain, 300-525 CE by Robin Fleming Pdf

Although lowland Britain in 300 CE had been as Roman as any province in the empire, in the generations on either side of 400, urban life, the money economy, and the functioning state collapsed. Many of the most quotidian and fundamental elements of Roman-style material culture ceased to be manufactured. Skills related to iron and copper smelting, wooden board and plank making, stone quarrying, commercial butchery, horticulture, and tanning largely disappeared, as did the knowledge standing behind the production of wheel-thrown, kiln-fired pottery and building in stone. No other period in Britain's prehistory or history witnessed the loss of so many classes of once-common skills and objects. While the reasons for this breakdown remain unclear, it is indisputable the collapse was foundational in the making of a new world we characterize as early medieval. The standard explanation for the emergence of the new-style material culture found in lowland Britain by the last quarter of the fifth century is that foreign objects were brought in by "Anglo-Saxon" settlers. Marshalling a wealth of archaeological evidence, Robin Fleming argues instead that not only Continental immigrants, but also the people whose ancestors had long lived in Britain built this new material world together from the ashes of the old, forging an identity that their descendants would eventually come to think of as English. As with most identities, she cautions, this was one rooted in neither birth nor blood, but historically constructed, and advanced and maintained over the generations by the shared material culture and practices that developed during and after Rome's withdrawal from Britain.

Author : Ray Laurence
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136295317

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Roman Archaeology for Historians by Ray Laurence Pdf

Roman Archaeology for Historians provides students of Roman history with a guide to the contribution of archaeology to the study of their subject. It discusses the issues with the use of material and textual evidence to explain the Roman past, and the importance of viewing this evidence in context. It also surveys the different approaches to the archaeological material of the period and examines key themes that have shaped Roman archaeology. At the heart of the book lies the question of how archaeological material can be interpreted and its relevance for the study of ancient history. It includes discussion of the study of landscape change, urban topography, the economy, the nature of cities, new approaches to skeletal evidence and artefacts in museums. Along the way, readers gain access to new findings and key sites - many of which have not been discussed in English before and many, for which, access may only be gained from technical reports. Roman Archaeology for Historians provides an accessible guide to the development of archaeology as a discipline and how the use of archaeological evidence of the Roman world can enrich the study of ancient history, while at the same time encouraging the integration of material evidence into the study of the period’s history. This work is a key resource for students of ancient history, and for those studying the archaeology of the Roman period.

Author : David J. Breeze
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789691689

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Hadrian’s Wall: A study in archaeological exploration and interpretation by David J. Breeze Pdf

Based on the annual Rhind Lectures delivered in May 2019, David J. Breeze presents six papers on Hadrian’s Wall. He first considers the historiographical background before examining specific aspects: its purpose and operation; its later history; and life on and around the Wall. Finally, he considers the Wall today and some aspects of its future.