Burnswark Hill: the opening shot of the Antonine reconquest of Scotland?

• Autores: Andrew Nicholson, John H. Reid
• Localización: Journal of Roman archaeology, ISSN 1047-7594, Vol. 32, Nº. 1, 2019, págs. 459-477
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper represents an interim report of the Burnswark Project that has utilised the techniques of battlefield archaeology to locate and accurately identify missiles across a substantial field of conflict in SW Scotland. The distribution, characteristics, dating and proposed historical context of these missiles are argued to support their use in a dramatic episode of ‘exemplary force’ by the Roman army. The magnitude of the event might be seen to be compatible with an emperor establishing his legitimacy as a military leader.