When the Romans invaded Britain they built wooden fortresses often at the end of a days march. They basically used a triangle configuration to link each fort with each other. As you can imagine building a fort after a days march was no mean trick. Obviously as time passed they would replace the wood with stone buildings. Excellent presentation Mr Lee.
The Nervian troops were not recruited for this place, but had been in the Roman Army for decades before. They would have been in other forts before this over many years. Forts were not sited in enemy territory, but in safe areas protected by the Army. The soldiers did not leave this area for hundreds of years, so the Vicus remained also. It would fail if the soldiers left.
Seeing the weather conditions in your video smacks home what a miserable posting that Fort would of been back in the day for the troops there on sentry duty !
Haha I do have mics (which have hidden themselves and could themselves be better). It was actually filmed just with me holding the phone i think. I actually started the snowy day solely with the intention of driving into the snowy mountains - i didn't even know of the existence of Epiacum until i stopped for lunch in Alston. In that sense it feels special and it's nice to share the serendipity with everyone.
Thanks for this video. Very interesting.
When the Romans invaded Britain they built wooden fortresses often at the end of a days march. They basically used a triangle configuration to link each fort with each other. As you can imagine building a fort after a days march was no mean trick. Obviously as time passed they would replace the wood with stone buildings. Excellent presentation Mr Lee.
Thanks for posting. I didn't know about this little gem! 👍
Great vid! Yes, it is almost Arctic at Alston....
Do you specialise in Roman? Arbeia at South Shields is worth a peep if you're in that area.
Nice vid
The Nervian troops were not recruited for this place, but had been in the Roman Army for decades before. They would have been in other forts before this over many years.
Forts were not sited in enemy territory, but in safe areas protected by the Army. The soldiers did not leave this area for hundreds of years, so the Vicus remained also. It would fail if the soldiers left.
Seeing the weather conditions in your video smacks home what a miserable posting that Fort would of been back in the day for the troops there on sentry duty !
Good video, shame about the sound in parts, you will have to invest in some better mics, however very interesting, thank you.
Haha I do have mics (which have hidden themselves and could themselves be better). It was actually filmed just with me holding the phone i think.
I actually started the snowy day solely with the intention of driving into the snowy mountains - i didn't even know of the existence of Epiacum until i stopped for lunch in Alston. In that sense it feels special and it's nice to share the serendipity with everyone.