Vindolanda was a Roman auxiliary fort (castrum) just south of Hadrian's Wall in northern England, which it pre-dated. Archaeological excavations of the...
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The Vindolanda tablets are some of the oldest surviving handwritten documents in Britain (antedated by the Bloomberg tablets). They are a rich source of...
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The Hand of God is a bronze hand found at the Roman fort of Vindolanda, thought to be from the third century AD. It is unlikely that it was actually intended...
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the wife of Aelius Brocchus, commander of an unidentified fort near Vindolanda fort in northern England. She is known for a birthday invitation she sent...
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British archaeologist and the Director of Excavations on the site of Vindolanda. He is the son of Robin Birley and Patricia Birley and grandson of Eric...
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curator working at the Roman fort of Vindolanda, near Hadrian's Wall. Birley is the curator for the Vindolanda Trust, where she works on the conservation...
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the South Tyne until it meets the next major fort, at Vindolanda (Chesterholm). From Vindolanda the Stanegate crosses the route of the present-day Military...
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Chamalières tablet Demotic (Egyptian) Hieratic Larzac tablet Vindolanda tablets Oxford, Scripts at Vindolanda page 2 page 3 De Robertis, Teresa (November 10, 2020)...
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He was the Director of Excavations at the Roman site of Vindolanda and head of the Vindolanda research committee. He was the son of Eric Birley and Margaret...
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Nearly 2000-year-old Roman boxing gloves were uncovered at Vindolanda in 2017 by the Vindolanda Trust experts, led by Andrew Birley. Being similar in style...
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101-146, here 145. Mattingly op cit 168-9 Vindolanda Tablet 154 Mattingly op cit 162-5 Vindolanda Tablet 346 Vindolanda Tablet 164 Holder (2003) 145...
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was an archaeologist who worked at the Roman forts of Housesteads and Vindolanda. Margaret, known as Peggy, Isobel Goodlet was born in 1910 in Forest Hall...
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"arcani", the secret ones. The term "arcanus" is known from Hadrian's Wall; Vindolanda tablet 162 bears the text "miles arcanu...", written in a good capital...
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the garrisoning of the wall has been provided by the discovery of the Vindolanda tablets just to the south of Hadrian's Wall, such as the record of an...
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prefect[broken anchor] of the Ninth Cohort of Batavians, stationed at Vindolanda in Roman Britain in the early 2nd century AD. She is known from her correspondence...
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"Peggy" Birley. Eric bought the house next to the archeological site Vindolanda where Anthony and his brother, Robin, began to excavate the site. The...
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William Whiston – via Wikisource. Population of Vindolanda (100 AD). "(the Tablets)" (shtml). Vindolanda Tablets Online: The Roman Army: Activities. Centre...
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important sources for this era are the writing tablets from the fort at Vindolanda in Northumberland, mostly dating to 90–110. These tablets provide evidence...
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Athenaeum. 97 (2): 489–506. OCLC 506184150. van Driel-Murray, Carol (2001). "Vindolanda and the Dating of Roman Footwear". Britannia. 32: 185–197. doi:10.2307/526955...
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Christian signet rings in Britain. In 2020, archaeologists discovered in Vindolanda in northern England a 5th-century chalice covered in religious iconography...
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wax-tablets have been preserved in waterlogged deposits in the Roman fort at Vindolanda on Hadrian's Wall. Medieval wax tablet books are on display in several...
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having been discovered at Vindolanda on Hadrian's Wall in Britain. Most notable is the fact that while most of the Vindolanda tablets show spaces between...
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wood erected as a monument or marker Tabula ansata, tablets with handles Vindolanda tablets, Roman era writings found in Britain Tablet (magazine), a daily...
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Law and Legal Definition". uslegal.com. Retrieved 17 September 2011. "Vindolanda Charitable Trust". 31 October 2022. "Roman Military". Matthew, Christopher...
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Cichorius plates Birley Vindolanda Tablets 155, 258 Goldsworthy (2003), p.73 Vindolanda Tablet 346 Vindolanda Tablets 166, 311 Vindolanda Tablets 311, 174,...
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(c. 100 AD) Birley, Anthony (2002). Band of Brothers: Garrison Life at Vindolanda. Burton, G. (1987): "Government and the Provinces". In J. Wacher, ed....
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was the material used for many ancient Indian texts. The Roman period Vindolanda tablets also use birch as a material on which to write and birch bark...
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2000. Written evidence from the early period of Roman occupation, the Vindolanda tablets (No. 594), demonstrate that the occupying troops from Continental...
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Them Ashore (2014) Whose Business is to Die (2015) Roman Britain Series Vindolanda (Head of Zeus, 2017) ISBN 9781784974701 The Encircling Sea (Head of Zeus...
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lived at the Roman fort of Vindolanda near Hadrian’s Wall in northern Britain. The books feature many artifacts from Vindolanda, integrating real objects...
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