Roman Camps in Britain

The Ancients

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🗓️ 2 September 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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When one mentions Roman military installations you would be forgiven for instantly thinking of their forts, the remains of which we can see today dotted around the country. From the Kent coast to central Scotland. But what about their camps, these often-temporary structures that formed a keystone of Roman military activity. Roman camps have now been discovered across the former empire, but Britain boasts a wealth of them. To discuss the different types of camps and how we can tell them apart, Tristan spoke to Dr Rebecca Jones from Historic Environment Scotland. Rebecca explains why Scotland in particular is the best place to study marching camps, and why there is such a concentration of them on the Roman Empire’s northernmost frontier. Rebecca is the author of ‘Roman Camps in Britain’.

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0:00.0	It's the ancients on History Hit.
0:05.7	I'm Tristan Hughes, your host.
0:07.7	And in today's podcast, where we are talking all about Roman camps in Britain.
0:13.0	Not forts, not fortslets.
0:15.1	There's a difference, but camps, these often temporary constructions, built for a variety
0:21.0	of functions, some serving as marching camps, others as practice camps, others as siege
0:27.2	camps, and some even as construction camps.
0:30.7	To talk through what we know about these often elusive structures in Britain, and why there
0:35.6	is such a rich concentration of them in particular in what is modern-day Scotland, I was delighted
0:41.4	to get on the show Dr Rebecca Jones from Historic Environment Scotland.
0:46.9	Rebecca is a leading expert on Roman camps across the Roman Empire, but particularly in
0:53.1	Britain.
0:54.1	It's a pleasure to get on the show, and without further ado, here's Rebecca.
1:01.6	Rebecca, it is great to have you on the podcast.
1:04.2	Thank you for inviting me.
1:05.8	No problem at all, it's good to get you on the podcast.
1:07.6	At last you've done a lot of work with History Hit over the past few months, with a few different
1:11.5	documentaries, wonderful to have you on the show.
1:14.9	And Roman camps, Roman camps in Britain, I mean Rebecca, who would have thought that Britain
1:19.7	particularly Scotland would be one of the best places in the world to find out more about
1:25.0	these pivotal constructions of the Roman military.
1:27.8	Yes, we're very fortunate that not only do we actually have a very good survival of the
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