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The Antonine Wall is a stone and turf fortification, built by the Romans across what is now the central belt of Scotland and is also known as the Clyde-Forth frontier line. Although most of the wall has been destroyed over time, sections of the wall can still be seen in Bearsden, Kirkintilloch, Twecha...
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Gask Ridge frontier system
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The Gask Ridge frontier system is the earliest Roman land frontier in Britain, built in the 70s AD, 50 years before Hadrian's Wall and 70 years before the Antonine Wall. Read more [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gask_Ridge]Read mor...
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Hadrian's Wall
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Hadrian's Wall will be lit from end to end later by a team of 500 volunteers holding flaming torches. The 135km Roman wall, which spans the width of northern England, is being illuminated for British Tourism Week. The volunteers, each holding a gas-powered beacon, will stand at 250m intervals. [url...
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Life was always hard for the lead miners who toiled on the uplands of Mendip, but probably never more so than when the Romans were their masters. We do not know the system by which the Romans worked the chief mining area at Charterhouse, but we can be certain that there were no union agreements on pay and h...
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Drumlanrig Roman fort
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This Roman fort is situated on the banks of the Nith where it controls the river-crossing. Aerial survey has revealed the parch-marks of at least five ditches on the north-west and north-east sides; there is evidence also of an annexe or out-work on the north-east. The Roman fort is located about 350...
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Devana
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We have two classical references naming Aberdeen; Ptolemy's Geography of the second century AD names Devana as the only polis ascribed to the Taexali tribe of the eastern Grampian coast; whereas the Ravenna Cosmology of the seventh century lists the name as Devoni (R&C#215) between the towns...
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Legio IX Hispana
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Legio Nona Hispana (Ninth Spanish Legion) was a Roman legion alleged to have disappeared in Britain in about AD 117. The legion was raised, along with the 6th, 7th and 8th, by Pompey in Hispania in 65 BC. Caesar first commanded them as Governor of Further Spain in 61 BC. He brought them over to Gaul aroun...
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Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
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Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (described as clades Variana, the Varian disaster by Roman historians) (German: Schlacht im Teutoburger Wald, Hermannsschlacht or Varusschlacht) took place in 9 CE, when an alliance of Germanic tribes led by Arminius (German: Armin) (also known as "Hermann...
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A draco was a Roman cavalry military standard borne by a draconarius. It was the standard of the cohort as the eagle was that of the legion. Draco took the form of a gaping wolf's head and mouth formed from cast metal, to the end of which was attached a 'body' of cloth or silk fabric in the form of a windsock....
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Legio XIX
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Legio undevigesima (Nineteenth Legion) was a Roman legion levied (drafted into military service) in 41 or 40 BC by Augustus. It was destroyed in 9 in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. The emblem of the XIXth legion is unknown, but probably was the Capricorn as other legions levied by Augustus. The a...
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Roman find made in Selkirk in Treasure Trove report A rare Roman artefact and a weight set that could be evidence of illegal trade between the Highlands and Europe have been among finds made in Scotland. A copper alloy cast in the shape of an eagle head uncovered in Selkirk is the first Roman relic of its...
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The Colosseum
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Italy's Colosseum to be restored with private donation The Italian authorities have approved a controversial plan to restore the Colosseum using a private donation, with work to begin in December. Speaking at a news conference, Rome's superintendent for archaeological heritage, Mariarosari...
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Legio VII
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Legio septima Claudia Pia Fidelis (Seventh Claudian Legion) was a Roman legion. Its emblem, like that of all Caesar's legions, was the bull, together with the lion. The Seventh, the Sixth, the Eighth and the Ninth were all founded by Pompey in Spain in 65 BC. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le...
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Legio X Equestris
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Legio X Equestris (Latin: "Tenth legion 'mounted'" - Equestris), a Roman legion, was levied by Julius Caesar in 61 BC when he was the Governor of Hispania Ulterior. Read more
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