08-06-2009, 12:07 AM
Quote:When I was trying to think of shrines inside military encampments, I could only think of the so-called military enclosures at Corbridge, where there are several apsidal, suspiciously temple-like buildings, at least one of which looks like a plausible Mithraeum.
You might think that, but I couldn't possibly comment ;-) ) This one at least has been decreed as a schola. I have tried gainsaying the accepted wisdom several times on Corbridge (e.g. the town had no walls, Red House is not a supply base, the depressions under the compounds are ditches) but am generally ignored. All will come out in the hideous mess that will one day be my monograph on the site. Interestingly, that temploid structure actually predates the compound wall, if you go there and look at the relationships in the walls. Nevertheless, it is worth noting.
Mike Bishop
