Publisher's Synopsis
The Vindolanda writing-tablets cast a unique light upon the role of the occupying Roman forces who organized the frontier region between England and Scotland, just before Hadrian's Wall was built.;This substantial work of palaeography includes editions, with translation and commentary, of all the tablets which contain significant amounts of text; and also brief descriptions of those which cannot be read, or contain very little writing, and brief re-editions of all the texts published earlier in Bowman and Thomas.;The introduction to this work analyzes recent evidence provided by the tablets, revealing Roman life and literacy on the frontier, and examines the nature and importance of these remarkable documents.
