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Life and letters on the Roman frontier : Vindolanda and its people / / Alan K. Bowman



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Autore: Bowman Alan K. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Life and letters on the Roman frontier : Vindolanda and its people / / Alan K. Bowman Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 1998
Descrizione fisica: 167 Seiten : Illustrationen + Tafeln I-VIII
Disciplina: 936.2/881
Soggetto topico: Frontier and pioneer life - England - Chesterholme
Excavations (Archaeology) - England - Chesterholme
Fortification, Roman - England - Chesterholme
Inscriptions, Latin - England - Chesterholme
Wooden tablets - England - Chesterholme
Romans - England - Chesterholme
Tablets (Paleography)
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Soggetto geografico: Vindolanda Site (Chesterholme, England)
Great Britain History, Military 55 B.C.-449 A.D
Chesterholme (England) Antiquities, Roman
Hadrian's Wall (England)
Note generali: "Originally published in Great Britain by British Museum Press"--T.p. verso.
Nota di bibliografia: Bibliographie: Seite 150-154
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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,
Altri titoli varianti: Roman Frontier
Vindolanda and its people
Titolo autorizzato: Life and letters on the roman frontier  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 9780415920254
0-429-23760-X
0-203-82369-9
1-283-96549-6
1-136-77393-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910808034203321
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