The Antonine Wall: A Handbook to Scotland's Roman Frontier

Contents

Preidential Preface

Foreword

Part 1: The Antonine Wall

The coming of the Romans

The contemporary Iron Age

The environment of the Wall

The component parts of the Wall

The forts and their garrisons

Fortlets and minor structures

Annexes and civilian settlements

The Roman army on the Wall

Distance slabs

Temporary camps

Building the Wall

Life on the Wall

Roman frontier policy

The Roman withdrawal from Scotland

The rediscovery of the Wall

Excavation and survey

The awarding of World Heritage Site status

Part 2: The Remains of the Antonine Frontier

Bibliography

Websites and online resources

Museum displays and collections

Visiting the Wall

Historic Scotland sites

Index

End-maps: The Antonine Wall in four sections

About the Author

Professor Lawrence Keppie studied at the University of Glasgow, Balliol College Oxford, and The British School at Rome, where he was Scholar in Classical Studies. For 30 years he was a curator of archaeology at The Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow, before retiring in 2003. He has excavated widely on Roman sites in Scotland, and in Italy. His many books include The Making of the Roman Army (1984, 1998), Understanding Roman Inscriptions (1991, 2001) and The Romans on the Bay of Naples (2009). He has held visiting appointments at The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J., The British School at Rome and The University of British Columbia, Vancouver.