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January 1, 2019Journal of Roman Archaeology

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

John H. Reid Andrew Nicholson

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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.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a5d6fd00f0c3f1523c54db1 https://doi.org/10.1017/s1047759419000230

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