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Figurine of an African Warrior
Roman art objects depicting black Africans are relatively common on the Continent but less so in Britain. New research into a lead figurine of a black African discovered at Wall Roman Site has resulted in a reinterpretation of its identity.
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History of Sewingshields Wall, Milecastle and Turrets
Sewingshields is near the eastern end of the spectacular central sector of Hadrian’s Wall, where it was built along the crest of a high rocky outcrop known as the Great Whin Sill. Across a distance of about a mile, several lengths of the Wall have been revealed and conserved here, together with a milecastle and two turrets.
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Most people in Roman Britain made their livings from a mixture of subsistence farming and exchange of specialist goods (like salt or milling stones) with neighbours or more distant communities.
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Baths and Bathing in Roman Britain
English Heritage cares for the remains of over 20 Roman bath-houses and they are some the most exceptionally well-preserved, beautiful and informative buildings that survive from this time. Bathing was essential to Roman life and the bath-houses, and what took place there, reveal much about the culture and the people of Roman Britain.
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Sources for Corbridge Roman Town
A summary of the key material, visual and written sources for Corbridge Roman Town.
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Richborough Roman Fort: History and Stories
Richborough is the most symbolically important of all Roman sites in Britain. Today, its impressive ruins and rich collection of objects give us an exceptional insight into four centuries of life there.
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History of Cawfields Wall, Milecastle and Turret
This well-preserved length of Hadrian’s Wall, where it crosses Cawfields Crags, has an impressive milecastle at one end and the foundations of a turret at the other, near Caw Gap.
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History of Housesteads Roman Fort
A history of Housesteads Roman Fort, the most complete example of a Roman fort in Britain.
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Research on Corbridge Roman Town
Corbridge has a central place in modern archaeological research on the Roman northern frontier and has been extensively excavated.
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Britain was one of some 44 provinces which made up the Roman Empire at its height in the early 2nd century AD.