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Posting to Hadrian's Wall proved a hard one for a Roman soldier, discuss
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To what extent does the archaeological evidence support the view that a posting to Hadrian's Wall meant a hard life for a soldier? Hadrian's Wall was built in 122BC by the Emperor Hadrian in an attempt to build a barrier to keep the Scottish barbarians out of the empire and to protect the existing state lines of the current empire. The wall built by the legions of Britain was, after its construction, policed by the auxilia of the Roman army. When questioning the life style of the soldiers who were posted on Hadrian's Wall one must take into account their standard of living, their clothing, their duties as a 'miles'; their housing, their diet and what they did in their free time. Using evidence from the excavations at such sites as Chesterholm, Housesteads and other forts along the wall I should hopefully be able to judge how hard a life the...
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