on battles, 13
fighting style of northern tribes, 10–11
food records, 99
life of prefect, 77
medicines and pharmacy, 78
morning reports, 88
relationship with northern tribes, 112
on social life, 107
trade along Hadrian’s Wall, 74, 107
von Wedel, Lupold, 137
Wade, General, 136
Wales, control by Romans, 8
walkway, on top of Hadrian’s Wall, 61–62
Wall. See Hadrian’s Wall
Wall miles, system and conversions, xx
Wall of Aelius. See Vallum
Wallsend fort, 22 (drawing)
description, 22
reconstruction, 70 (photo)
vicus, 76
visits to, 141
Wallsend on the Tyne, xx, 20
Walltown crags, 140
weapons
changes of third century AD, 121, 127, 130
in turrets, 62, 65
western section of Hadrian’s Wall, 36 (photo)
construction, 20, 21, 36
wife and children of soldiers, 84–85, 107–108
workshops (fabricae), at forts, 92, 94
writing tablets, 9, 10–11
See also Vindolanda writing tablets
XX Valeria Victrix legion, 10
Zosimus, 128
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