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2,000-year-old RSVP: A birthday invitation from the Roman frontier that has the earliest known Latin written by a woman
What it is: A wooden tablet with carbon-based ink Where it is from: Vindolanda Roman fort, in Northumberland, U.K. When it was made: A.D. 97 to 103 Related: Queen Puabi's lyre: A bull-headed music ...
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A 2,000-year-old wooden tablet reveals the oldest Latin text written by a woman
An ancient wooden tablet discovered at the Roman fort of Vindolanda was found to present the oldest found instance of woman writing in Latin. Dating back to between CE 97 and 103, it presents a ...
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KS2 History: The Romans. 7: Letters from Vindolanda
JULIA: I’m at Vindolanda in the north of England. It’s a Roman fort and village near Hadrian’s Wall. In 1973 archaeologists found something astonishing here. It ...
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KS2 History: The Romans
Exploring everyday life for those at Vindolanda fort, based on the Roman letters discovered there. 8. The slave and the architect. video8. The slave and the architect Exploring the life of a slave ...
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Hadrian's Wall tourism 'strong and sustained'
Visitor numbers to Hadrian's Wall were "strong and sustained" in 2024, according to the organisation set up to promote it. A number of historic sites across its length say footfall was up from ...