Campbell studied all 19 of the known Roman "distance stones" found along the Antonine Wall, a fortification built by the Roman military to extend their control north of Hadrian's Wall, which was ...

This newly discovered fortlet would have been part of several fortlets along the Antonine Wall. It would have been occupied by 10 to 12 Roman soldiers who were stationed at a larger fort nearby ...

An engraving by Levasseur after Jules-Elie Delaunay depicts the angel of death at the door during the 165 A.D. plague in Rome. Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 4.0. Around 165 A.D., the Anatolian ...

Parts of the Roman Empire's most north-western frontier were originally painted in vibrant reds and yellows, new research has revealed.Archaeologist Dr Louisa Campbell, ...

Learn about life for native people and Romans at a fort on the Antonine Wall, with this BBC Bitesize Scotland History guide for learners at 2nd Level studying People, Past Events and Societies in CfE.

TODAY they appear as weathered stone slabs, worn by time and bleached grey by the Scottish soil in which they were found.

The Antonine Plague was such an experiment. Even without understanding the microbiology of the disease, the Romans knew that the Antonine Plague had come from without, that it was something new ...