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The ingenuity and technology of the ancient world never ceases to
surprise and signalling demonstrates both to the full. There has,
however, never been a study of Roman signalling in English, nor has
anyone previously tried to operate the techniques described in the
classical manual. Dr Woolliscroft's study is in two parts: first he
describes the signalling techniques pioneered by the Greeks and
developed by the Romans; then he looks at the application of these
principles to Hadrian's Wall and to the German Limes, as revealed
by archaeological research. In each case he finds that, despite
difficult terrain, the layout allows nearly all the small
observation posts to see, and thus signal to, one of the main
garrison forts. Since on occasion this caused marked tactical
weaknesses in the line, it is clear that signalling was given high
priority by the frontier designers. Similar results are now being
found elsewhere in the Roman world, suggesting that all Rome's very
different looking frontier systems may have an underlying
uniformity With 80 illustrations and complete with an Appendix
containing all the key classical references to signalling, this is
a study that will be indispensable for anyone seriously interested
in the Roman army or in frontier studies.
Hadrian's Wall and the Antonine Wall are Britain's best-known Roman
frontiers but a more northerly line is also known, on and around
the Gask Ridge in Perthshire, which seems to represent the earliest
fortified land frontier anywhere in the Roman Empire. Research over
the last 10 years has revealed more and more about this system. In
the process, it has revolutionised our picture of the Roman
occupation of the north of Scotland, which now seems likely to have
begun well before the time of the famous governor Agricola.
Moreover, the Roman remains can now be set more firmly in the
context of the pre-existing Iron Age society, to produce a more
peaceful picture than expected. This detailed account, by two
scholars intimately associated with the latest research, provides
an up-to-date and detailed, yet approachable, account of these
early years of the Romans in Scotland.
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