Title: Edge of empire, Rome's Scottish frontier : the Antonine Wall /
Authors: Breeze, David J.; Henrie, David.
Publisher: Birlinn,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Antonine Wall (Scotland); Antonine Wall (Scotland) Pictorial works.; Scotland Antiquities, Roman.; Scotland History
Abstract: "In this new book, David Breeze tells the story of the Roman invasion of southern Scotland in the second century A.D., the building of the Antonine Wall, its occupation and abandonment. The material used to describe these events includes contemporary coins and literary sources together with inscription and sculpture from the wall itself, as well as the archaeological remains of the monument. The unique distance slabs not only record the process of building, but also provide a series of snapshots depicting the preparations, invasion and victory achieved by the Roman army over 1800 years ago, and stunning new photography by David Henrie of Historic Scotland illustrates all aspects of this most northerly Roman frontier. Both scholarly and beautifully illustrated, Edge of Empire underlines the reasons why the Antonine Wall has been proposed as a World Heritage Site."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Foreword / Alex Salmond -- Foreword / Gabriele Papadia de Bortini -- The Northern Frontier -- Antoninus Pius -- Preparations -- The invasion -- The army on the march -- Victory -- The purpose of the distance slabs -- The location of the Antonine Wall -- Surveying the line -- Disrupting the locals -- The name of the Antonine Wall -- Dating the Antonine Wall -- Building the Wall -- The rampart -- The stone base -- The ditch -- The ditch on Croy Hill -- The Military Way -- Rough Castle fort -- Soldiers at work -- The lilia -- The west defences of Rough Castle -- Bar Hill fort -- An artist's impression of Bar Hill fort -- The bath-house at Bar Hill -- Kinneil fortlet -- Bonnyside East 'expansion' -- Soldiers on the Wall -- Bearsden bath-house -- The Bearsden latrine -- Supplying the soldiers -- Life on the frontier -- Religion -- Death on the frontier -- The purpose of the Antonine Wall -- The end of the Wall -- The death of Antoninus Pius -- Keeping in with the locals -- The Turriff jug -- Later use of the Antonine Wall -- Modern land-use -- Mapping the Antonine Wall -- Modern mapping -- Rediscovering the Antonine Wall -- The Antonine Wall in popular culture -- Re-enactment -- Roads and tracks -- Visibility analysis -- The protection of the Antonine Wall -- The Antonine Wall in its international context -- The future -- Finding the Antonine Wall -- Museums -- Archives -- Photographs.