Binchester, County Durham
First screened 13 January 2008

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Binchester Roman fort
www.northguard.freeservers.com/
Binchester%20Page%201.html
Web pages covering the history of Binchester fort, its excavation, finds and features.

Britannia: The Roman Army and Navy in Britain 55BC-410AD
www.castra.org.uk
The Roman Army and Navy in Britain, its fortresses, forts, watchtowers, temporary camps, depots and industrial sites, with photographs, reconstructions and other background material on the army and the military history of the province of Britannia.

Life in the Roman Army
www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/romanarmy.html
Explains the different ranks and living conditions of soldiers dispersed throughout the empire. The site has many reconstructions of camps and military props.

Military Resources
http://intranet.dalton.org/groups/Rome/RMil.html
A gateway site with links to sites on warfare in the Roman empire, military roads and weaponry plus articles about the legionaries.

Roman Battles
www.roman-emperors.org/assobd.htm
Comprehensive list of imperial battles with location maps and links to biographies of the chief military figures.

Books

Vinovia by Rev R E Hooppell (Whiting & Co, 1904)
The 19th-century antiquarian Rev R E Hooppell excavated part of the fort at Binchester and its adjacent vicus, or civilian settlement.

Eagles Over Britannia: The Roman army in Britain by Guy de la Bédoyère (Tempus, 2003)
Ruins of Roman forts, tombstones, altars, and letters reveal something of the soldiers who fought in the Roman army. This comprehensive survey reveals how the Roman army was the effective engine behind the Romanisation of Britain.

The Buildings of Roman Britain by Guy de la Bédoyère (Tempus, 2001) £12.59
The remains of Roman buildings bear witness to one of the greatest periods of architecture in the Western world. This book looks into the details of construction, style and location.

Housesteads: A fort and garrison on Hadrian's Wall by James Crow (Tempus, 2004)
Housesteads is the best-known fort on Hadrian's Wall. This book incorporates the results of the most recent research and excavations to provide a vivid account of the history of the fort and settlement from its foundation to the present day.

Roman Britain by Martin Millett (Batsford, 2005) £10.49
Millett looks at the occupation of Britain by the Romans over a time span of four centuries. Recent excavation and fieldwork are also featured bringing to life the social and economic framework of the time.

The Landscape of Roman Britain by Ken and Petra Dark (Sutton, 1998) £29.03
This book takes a wider view of Roman Britain within the landscape of the time. Why are sites where they are? And how have the Romans altered the landscape? These questions and more are answered in this useful volume.

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