Citizenship, cultural identity and the army. What did it mean to be a soldier stationed in northern Britain? What did it mean to become a Roman citizen?
Written by Prof. Ray Laurence to accompany his TEDEd videos this blog explores ancient literary sources which give us some ideas about diversity in the Roman world, and what the Romans thought about foreigners.
Written to accompany the TEDEd videos by Prof. Ray Laurence, Catherine Hoggarth draws on her placement at Corinium Museum to discuss the daily life of soldiers posted to the edge of the Roman Empire.
Blog post from Katharine McDonald at the University of Exeter looking at one of the earliest surviving examples of something written by a woman in her own handwriting; an invitation to a birthday party found at Vindolanda.
The introduction to Salvius, a Roman lawyer and senator sent to Britain to help to run the province and his family. Stage page includes cultural weblinks on Roman Britain.
Modestus and Strythio resume their military duties in the Roman legionary fortress at Deva (Chester) in north-western Britain. Stage page includes cultural weblinks on the Roman army.
Teacher support resource produced for the Roman Army topic in the WJEC Level 2 Certificate. Covers recruitment and training, weapons and equipment, daily duties, pay and promotion, the legionary fortress, and military tombstones.
Prof. Ray Laurence from the University of Kent gives a thirteen minute lecture on migration in the Roman Empire and how the state enabled the mobility of its people.
