#29 BIG Podcast - “Hadrian’s Wall, Frontiers of the Roman Empire and Border Studies” - With: David J. Breeze (PART 2)

With: David J. Breeze – British archaeologist and scholar of Hadrian's Wall⁠, the Antonine's Wall⁠ and the Roman army⁠; Chairman of the International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies from 2000 to 2015

A second wall was built to the north of Hadrian's Wall from 141-142 AD until 155 AD but was abandoned militarily in 164. This is the Antonine’s Wall (three meters high with a fence along the top, length of approximately 60 km with seventeen forts, other ‘fortlets’ and ramparts built from layers of turf and bordered north by a ditch 12 m wide at the top with a depth of 4 m; with also one military path south of the rampart, bath-houses, barracks, and around 7,000 soldiers living all along). Unlike Hadrian, Emperor Antoninus (reigned 138–161) never set foot in the province of Britannia. By ordering the construction of this wall further north, Antoninus therefore modified Hadrian's legacy in terms of frontier policies. What functions did the borders of the Roman Empire have? What functions did Hadrian's Wall have? Can the frontiers of the Roman Empire be considered strict separations between the civilized (Roman) world and the world of the barbarians ("qui barbaros Romanosque Divideret")? How is archeology an interesting and relevant discipline for Border Studies? We will discuss all this and get answers with archeologist David J. Breeze.

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Time Markers:

00:01 How was a normal day in Hadrian's Wall camp or fort? Vindolanda Tablets Answers.

07:44 Archeological Evidence of Customs Relations at the Frontiers?

10:36 Antonine’s Wall/ Hadrian's Wall: Comparison

19:41 The great flexibility of the Romans in the organization of their numerous and diverse frontiers

24:56 Fall of the Roman Empire: Which borders were the most difficult and fragile to defend?

30:00 Frontiers of the Roman Empire and UNESCO World Heritage Sites

32:37 How is archeology an interesting and relevant discipline for Border Studies?