Vindolanda was a Roman fort and settlement in northern Britain, first established around AD 85, nearly 40 years before Hadrian’s Wall was built. The site was occupied and rebuilt repeatedly for centuries, with at least nine successive forts constructed there as different military units and communities came and went. That constant cycle of occupation, abandonment, demolition and rebuilding helps explain why archaeologists have discovered almost 5,000 items of Roman footwear at Vindolanda. One of
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Vindolanda was a Roman fort and settlement in northern Britain, first established around AD 85, nearly 40 years before Hadrian’s Wall was built. The site was occupied and rebuilt repeatedly for centuries, with at least nine successive forts constructed there as different military units and communities came and went. That constant cycle of occupation, abandonment, demolition and rebuilding helps explain why archaeologists have discovered almost 5,000 items of Roman footwear at Vindolanda. One of
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