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Life and letters on the Roman frontier : Vindolanda and its people / Alan K. Bowman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bowman, Alan K., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vindolanda tablets.
- Frontier and pioneer life--England--Chesterholme.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--England--Chesterholme.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Fortification, Roman--England--Chesterholme.
- Fortification, Roman.
- Inscriptions, Latin--England--Chesterholme.
- Inscriptions, Latin.
- Wooden tablets--England--Chesterholme.
- Wooden tablets.
- Romans--England--Chesterholme.
- Romans.
- Tablets (Paleography).
- Vindolanda Site (Chesterholme, England).
- Great Britain--History, Military--55 B.C.-449 A.D.
- Great Britain.
- Chesterholme (England)--Antiquities, Roman.
- Chesterholme (England).
- Hadrian's Wall (England).
- Physical Description:
- 167 Seiten Illustrationen Tafeln I-VIII
- Other Title:
- Roman Frontier
- Vindolanda and its people
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 1998.
- Language Note:
- eng
- Summary:
- 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 soldier 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,
- Contents:
- Cover; Life and Letterson the Roman frontier vindolanda and its People; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; 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; Appendix I: Technical Terminology; Appendix II: The Texts; Bibliography; The Plates; Index; Acknowledgments
- Notes:
- "Originally published in Great Britain by British Museum Press"--T.p. verso.
- Bibliographie: Seite 150-154
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780415920254
- 0-429-23760-X
- 0-203-82369-9
- 1-283-96549-6
- 1-136-77393-2
- 9780429237607
- OCLC:
- 826854816
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