Bring the Roman occupation of Britain to life in your classroom with hands-on documents depicting daily military life upon their remarkable defense against the barbarians known as Hadrian’s Wall. Outstanding classroom displays include a detailed map of Roman Emperor Hadrian’s 80-mile wall, a pictorial description of building the wall and a chart of “The Soldier’s Arms and Armour.” Historians: David and Pauline Jones. The contents of this Jackdaw feature:

• The Romans Come to Britain
• Building and Manning the Wall
• Legionaries and Auxiliaries
• Garrison Life on Hadrian’s Wall
• The History of the Wall

• Pictorial map of Hadrian’s Wall.
• Building the wall: a pictorial description.
• “The Soldier’s Arms and Armour”: a picture chart.
• Survey of Chesters, a fort on the wall.
• Building inscription from fort at High Rochester.
• Guard roster of a Roman cavalry regiment in Syria.
• Soldier’s discharge diploma from Malpas.
• Tombstone of a Roman centurion.