The Roman Army in Britain

BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF MILITARY SITES IN BRITAIN

Archaeology Data Service
The Archaeology Data Service (ADS) supports research, learning and teaching with high quality and dependable digital resources. The ADS online catalogue - ArchSearch is at http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/

CANMORE
The online database of The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS). Canmore can be reached via http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/

CARN
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales provides CARN, which is the Core Archaeological Record iNdex, an index to information held by archaeological organisations in Wales. CARN can be reachede via http://www.rcahmw.org.uk/

DESCRIPTIONS OF ROMAN SITES IN BRITAIN

The Gask Ridge Frontier
Perth, Scotland
Frontier

Hadrian's Wall
Cumbria, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear, Northern England
Frontier

The Antonine Wall
Strathclyde Region and Central Region, Scotland
Frontier

Ancaster
Fort, Lincolnshire, Central England

Baginton
West Midlands, Central England
Fort

Bowes
Fort, County Durham, Northern England

Caerleon
Gwent, Wales and Caernarfon
Gwynedd, Wales
Fortress and fort

Carvoran
Fort, Northumberland, North of England

Chester
Legionary fortress

Hardknott
Fort, Cumbria, Northern England

Housesteads
Fort on Hadrian's Wall

Newstead
Borders, Scotland
Fort

South Shields
Tyne and Wear, Northern England
Fort

Chesterholm-Vindolanda
Northumberland, Northern England, and Vindolanda tablets
Fort

Wallsend
Segedunum Roman Fort, Baths & Museum

The Athena Image Archive: British sites
Photographs of Roman sites includes some military locations

Popular Archaeology
A site that summarises all archaeological periods and offers a search facility to find sites by nearest town, subject, etc.

THE ROMAN NAVY

Classis-Britannica
A web site linking researchers interested in the British Fleet

NAVIS
A database of excavated ancient ships that includes military vessels from the Rhine and Danube and merchantmen from the Thames.

Navigare Necesse Est
Valuable resource with images and texts of Roman naval and maritime history, mainly in Italian and Latin with some English, French and Spanish.

RE-ENACTMENT GROUPS

This list contains only groups re-creating units that served in Britain. A far larger list including units with no British links and also some with no web sites, but with email, snail mail and phone details has been produced by the Australian group Legio VIIII and by the American group Legio XX. See also 'Auxilia' above.

Legio II Augusta
British re-enactors of the legion that was commanded by Vespasian during the invasion

Legio VIIII Hispana
Australian re-enactors of a legion perhaps most famous for vanishing, but certainly not in Australia.

Ermine Street Guard
The first, British, Roman army re-enactment group. They specialise in the late 1st century army and include legionaries (Legio XX) and auxiliaries.

Legio XX
An American-based re-enactment group.

Cohors I fida Vardullorum milliaria equitata civium Romanorum
British auxiliary re-enactors from Colchester

THE ARTHURIAN SOCIETY
Britannia, The Arthurian Society is a group which portrays the final years of the Roman Empire in Britain.

GENERAL ROMAN WEB SITES

Roman Britain
Guy de la Bedoyere's site with inscriptions relating to the army in Britain and material from his books on Roman Britain including building reconstructions.

ROMARCH
The largest grouping of resources related to the Empire

Internet Ancient History Resource Guide
Bill Thayer's web site that has the results of his searches into the obscurer regions of Prehistoric Cyberspace.

The Roman Empire
An introduction to many aspects of the Roman Empire


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	BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF MILITARY SITES IN BRITAIN Archaeology Data Service The Archaeology Data Service (ADS) supports research, learning and teaching with high quality and dependable digital resources. The ADS online catalogue - ArchSearch is at http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/ CANMORE The online database of The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS). Canmore can be reached via http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/ CARN Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales provides CARN, which is the Core Archaeological Record iNdex, an index to information held by archaeological organisations in Wales. CARN can be reachede via http://www.rcahmw.org.uk/ DESCRIPTIONS OF ROMAN SITES IN BRITAIN The Gask Ridge Frontier Perth, Scotland Frontier Hadrian's Wall Cumbria, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear, Northern England Frontier The Antonine Wall Strathclyde Region and Central Region, Scotland Frontier Ancaster Fort, Lincolnshire, Central England Baginton West Midlands, Central England Fort Bowes Fort, County Durham, Northern England Caerleon Gwent, Wales and Caernarfon Gwynedd, Wales Fortress and fort Carvoran Fort, Northumberland, North of England Chester Legionary fortress Hardknott Fort, Cumbria, Northern England Housesteads Fort on Hadrian's Wall Newstead Borders, Scotland Fort South Shields Tyne and Wear, Northern England Fort Chesterholm-Vindolanda Northumberland, Northern England, and Vindolanda tablets Fort Wallsend Segedunum Roman Fort, Baths & Museum The Athena Image Archive: British sites Photographs of Roman sites includes some military locations Popular Archaeology A site that summarises all archaeological periods and offers a search facility to find sites by nearest town, subject, etc.
	THE ROMAN ARMY A Roman Army bibliography Has hypertext links to on-line texts and other sources Roman Military Bibliography A scholarly bibliography by a leading Roman military scholar. Roman Military equipment The Journal of Roman military equipment De re militari Association - Roman section Perhaps the best omnibus military site, includes some of the links above Roman Frontiers in Britain and Germany A site dedicated to the Raetian and British Limes, with wonderful photographs. Auxilia A French language site for re-enactors, with valuable contact information from our neighboring province. THE ROMAN NAVY Classis-Britannica A web site linking researchers interested in the British Fleet NAVIS A database of excavated ancient ships that includes military vessels from the Rhine and Danube and merchantmen from the Thames. Navigare Necesse Est Valuable resource with images and texts of Roman naval and maritime history, mainly in Italian and Latin with some English, French and Spanish.
	RE-ENACTMENT GROUPS This list contains only groups re-creating units that served in Britain. A far larger list including units with no British links and also some with no web sites, but with email, snail mail and phone details has been produced by the Australian group Legio VIIII and by the American group Legio XX. See also 'Auxilia' above. Legio II Augusta British re-enactors of the legion that was commanded by Vespasian during the invasion Legio VIIII Hispana Australian re-enactors of a legion perhaps most famous for vanishing, but certainly not in Australia. Ermine Street Guard The first, British, Roman army re-enactment group. They specialise in the late 1st century army and include legionaries (Legio XX) and auxiliaries. Legio XX An American-based re-enactment group. Cohors I fida Vardullorum milliaria equitata civium Romanorum British auxiliary re-enactors from Colchester THE ARTHURIAN SOCIETY Britannia, The Arthurian Society is a group which portrays the final years of the Roman Empire in Britain. GENERAL ROMAN WEB SITES Roman Britain Guy de la Bedoyere's site with inscriptions relating to the army in Britain and material from his books on Roman Britain including building reconstructions. ROMARCH The largest grouping of resources related to the Empire Internet Ancient History Resource Guide Bill Thayer's web site that has the results of his searches into the obscurer regions of Prehistoric Cyberspace. The Roman Empire An introduction to many aspects of the Roman Empire