Containing photographs of artifacts and Roman ruins in Great Britain, this history examines life in an ancient Roman fort with a timeline, illustrations, and a glossary.

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Examines the structure and defenses of an ancient Roman fort, Roman military life, and the campaigns waged by the Roman Empire against its enemies.

Describes the design and construction of a typical Roman fort and the daily life of its commanding officer and soldiers.

Contains drawings and notes that describes what it was like to live as a soldier in ancient Rome, and includes information on military life, Roman bathhouse, banquets, toilets, and more.

Lindsay Allason-Jones has been at the forefront of small finds and Roman frontier research for 40 years in a career focussed on, but not exclusive to, the north of Britain, encompassing an enormous range of object types and subject areas. Divided into thematic sections the contributions presented here to celebrate her many achievements all represent at least one aspect of Lindsay’s research interests. These encompass social and industrial aspects of northern frontier forts; new insights into inscribed and sculptural stones specific to military communities; religious, cultural and economic connotations of Roman armour finds; the economic and ideological penetration of romanitas in the frontiers as reflected by individual objects and classes of finds; evidence of trans-frontier interactions and invisible people; the role of John Clayton in the exploration and preservation of Hadrian’s Wall and its material culture; the detailed consideration of individual objects of significant interest; and a discussion of the widespread occurrence of mice in Roman art.