06-29-2009, 08:22 PM
Quote:Yup -- Flavian falls into the category of "every and any"!D B Campbell:3thnx8hn Wrote:I think it's assumed (being very tentative here :| ) that at least some of them are FlavianGaius Julius Caesar:3thnx8hn Wrote:So what period are the camps running up to aberdeen and beyond?Every and any!
Quote:- this is, AFAIK, due to the similarity of the gateways with the fort at Stracathro, which has yielded some coins dated to 86AD.Almost right. The camp at Stracathro is presumed to be contemporary with the fort (which yielded the AD 86 coin), because they sit side by side. Probably a safe assumption, ... but an assumption, nonetheless.
Quote:These 'Stracathro-type' fortifications extend on beyond Durno towards the shore of the Moray Firth, however ... Perhaps we could imagine this as the route Agricola might have taken after Graupius, when he 'led him army down into the territories of the Boresti' (or however you chose to interpret/retranslate that line!)...In fact, unfortunately, the Stracathro camps do not form one of the recognised series! They are all sorts of different sizes and are so widely scattered that they cannot be strung together into a route, the way that the others can. (I can see how frustrating Scottish archaeology must seem to the interested observer!
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