This included Britannia (Britain) which was added to the Roman empire by the emperor Claudius 30 years before (AD 43) and was still, as we learn from Tacitus, rather unsettled during Lucius’s lifetime.ĭespite the resistance large Roman towns sprang up across Britain including Londinium (London), Camulodunum (Colchester), Verulamium (St Albans) and Aquae Sulis (Bath) but there were also lots of smaller military forts dotted around the country, defending strategically important areas and securing supply lines and communications. Now that Lucius’ education is complete he may choose to become a military tribune, and as the video suggests this could mean commanding troops at the edge of the Empire. This month Catherine Hoggarth, a PhD student funded by the AHRC through CHASE at University of Kent, draws on her recent placement at Corinium Museum to discuss daily life of soliders on the edge of the Roman Empire.
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