TY - BOOK ID - 67983251 TI - Life and letters on the Roman frontier : Vindolanda and its people PY - 1998 SN - 0415920248 0415920256 9781136773938 1136773932 9780203823699 0203823699 9780415920247 9780415920254 9781136773884 1136773886 9781136773921 1136773924 9780429237607 042923760X 1283965496 9781283965491 PB - New York : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Excavations (Archaeology) KW - Fortification, Roman KW - Frontier and pioneer life KW - Hadrian's Wall (England). KW - Inscriptions, Latin KW - Romans KW - Tablets (Paleography). KW - Wooden tablets KW - Vindolanda tablets. KW - Vindolanda Site (Chesterholme, England). KW - Great Britain KW - Chesterholme (England) KW - History, Military KW - Antiquities, Roman. KW - Tablets (Paleography) KW - Waxen tablets KW - Writing tablets KW - Diptychs KW - Inscriptions KW - Paleography KW - Writing materials and instruments KW - Ethnology KW - Italic peoples KW - Latini (Italic people) KW - Latin inscriptions KW - Latin language KW - Latin philology KW - Roman fortification KW - Architecture, Roman KW - Classical antiquities KW - Archaeological digs KW - Archaeological excavations KW - Digs (Archaeology) KW - Excavation sites (Archaeology) KW - Ruins KW - Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) KW - Archaeology KW - Border life KW - Homesteading KW - Pioneer life KW - Adventure and adventurers KW - Manners and customs KW - Pioneers KW - History KW - Vindolanda Site (Chesterholme, England) KW - Hadrian's Wall (England) KW - Vindolanda Site (Chesterholme, Northumberland) KW - England KW - Chesterholm (England) KW - Chesterholme (Northumberland) KW - Vallum (England) KW - Wall of Hadrian (England) KW - Antiquities KW - Vindolanda tablets KW - Römerzeit KW - Schriftlichkeit KW - Schreibtafel KW - Tafel KW - Literacy KW - Literalität KW - Schriftkultur KW - Schriftliche Überlieferung KW - Verschriftlichung KW - Schreiben KW - Schriftliche Kommunikation KW - Römische Zeit KW - Antike KW - Römisches Reich KW - v753-500 KW - Geschichte 85-122 KW - Vindolanda UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:67983251 AB - 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 soldier 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, ER -