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Roman Scotland – Again, and Again
Antonine WallSeverusDivision of Britannia
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Hadrian’s Successors
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AntoninusAntoninus never willing made war
Pausanias
They prefer to preserve their empire rather than extend it indefinitely to profitless, barbarian peoples
Appian (~96-165)
They surround the empire with a circle of great camps
Aelius Aristides (120-189)
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Antoninus Pius
• Generally shied away from military adventure• Pressure from the north• Reconstruction of base at Corbridge• Victory over barbarians• Antonine Wall
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Corbridge – New Construction 139
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Antonine Occupation of
Scotland
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Military Occupation – Antonine Period
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Interests of the Military
• Rank and file – pensions and booty• Commanders of equestrian class
– Patronage– Better posts in the Mediterranean
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Reuse of Gask Ridge Forts
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Elements of the Antonine Wall
• Rampart• Ditch and mound to the north• Military road to the south
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Antonine vs Hadrian Walls
• Forts interspersed with smaller stations. • No Vallum. • Double the number of troops along smaller
distance than Hadrian's Wall• Turf not stone – stone reinforcement• 14-16’ wide, probably 10’ high
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Antonine Siege Fort
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Wall at Rough Castle
Annex
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Rough Castle
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Principia, Bar Hill
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Latrine, BearsdenArtist’s reconstruction
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Wall with Fortlet
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Distance Slabs
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Bridgeness Distance Slab
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Old Kirkpatrick
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Summerston Farm, near Balmuildy IIIDCLXVIS = 3,666 ½ paces
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Distance Slab Hutcheson Hill
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Legio II Duntocher
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Other victory commemorations
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Consequences of Antonine Wall
• Forces involved ~6-7,000• Pax Romana• No evidence for native rule• Increased use of stone construction• New civilian communities follow the army• Increased mining for iron and surface mining
of coal• Production of food for army
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Continuation of Native Life
• Round houses• No new concentrated
settlements except near forts
• Natives reuse bronze but not iron from Romans
• Roman brooches
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Roman Artefacts
Dunure (South Ayrshire)
Wigtownshire
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Antonine Itinerary
• Fourteen numbered roads• List stations along the roads with distances
between them
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Example
Iter III
(From London to the port of Dover)
Roman Name 1000 paces Miles Current Name
Durobrivis xxvii 31 Rochester
Duroverno xxv 28 Canterbury
Ad portum Dubris xiiii 18 Dover
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Along the Way
• Mansiones, inns, every 30 miles or so– A bed for man and horse– Food ” “– A hot bath– Storage of government goods– Postal and police services
• Mutationes, changing stops
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Chelmsford Mansio
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Godmanchester
Mansio
Baths
80’
Dining room
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Abandonment of Antonine Wall
• Under Governor Julius Verus the wall was abandoned (c. 154-8 CE)
• Hadrian’s wall was refurbished• “Military Road” to supply Hadrian wall forts• Outpost forts north of Hadrian’s Wall
abandoned by 185 CE
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Maintenance
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Breach of Hadrian’s Wall?
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Victory in Britain
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Commodus• Breach of Hadrian's Wall• C. 180 Governor Ulpius Marcellus
sent to put down rebellions• 184-5 Victory in Britain• 185 Protest by British legions
against prefect, Perennis
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Numeri
• Non-citizens• Small units• Legionary officers• Identified with nations• No entitlement to citizenship• Less-well armed than regulars
– Exploratores - scouts
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Sarmatians
• 175 Brought to Britain by Marcus Aurelius• Brougham cemetery
– Sword and belt fittings– Horses– Unusual burial - women
Archaeology • May/June 2005
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Sarmatian Treasure - Gaul
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Pertinax
• 126 Son of freeman and clothmaker • c. 150 Teacher of literature• 161 Volunteers for military, commander of
auxiliary cohort, successful in battles in Asia• 165 Legionary tribune in York, raised to
equestrian rank• 168 Procurator in N. Italy, Dacia• Commander of units against Germans
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Pertinax
• Made Senator and legionary commander• 175 Consul• 176 Series of governorships of provinces
– 185-187 Governor of Britain• 189 Mayor of Rome• 192 Consul• Emperor
1/1/193 to 3/28/193
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Clodius Albinus
• c.140 Born near Carthage, Senatorial rank– 175 Governor of Bithynia– 187 Consul– 189 Governor fo Germany
• 191-2 Governor of Britain• 193 Made Caesar by Septimius Severus• 195 Severus names his own sons successors, forcing out
Albinus– Supported by legions on German frontier and from Spain– Defeated near Lugdunum (Lyon); suicide?
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Lugdunum - SeverusSeverus• Pannonia
– XIIII Gemina
• Moesia– XI Claudia
• Germania Superior– XXII Primigenia
• Germania Inferior– I Minerva– XXX Ulpia Traiana
Albinus• Britannia
– II Augusta– VI Victrix– XX Valeria
• Hispania– VII Gemina