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Notable figures from the Roman period in Scottish history, as depicted by the Victorian artist William Hole in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh. The military presence of Rome lasted for little more than 40 years for most of Scotland and only as much as 80 years in total anywhere.
In the years 82 to 85, the Romans under Gnaeus Julius Agricola launched a campaign against the Caledonians in modern Scotland. In this context the Roman navy significantly escalated activities on the eastern Scottish coast. [52] Simultaneously multiple expeditions and reconnaissance trips were launched.
William Roy's 'Military Antiquities of the Romans in North Britain' (1793) is a classic work on the military conquest of Scotland by the Romans. This website is a complete electronic facsimile of the original. Many newly-discovered Roman remains were recorded in the volume for the first time.
These pages explore the people of Roman Scotland, from the soldiers who came here from all over the empire, to their families, and the traders and craftworkers who lived off them. It also looks at the local people and their reaction to this invasion.
10 mar 2019 · The Roman war machine comprised land and naval forces. Although the former has been studied extensively, less has been written and understood about the naval forces of the Roman empire and, in particular, the regional navies which actively participated in most military operations and policed the seas and rivers of the Empire.
17 sie 2011 · These sites form a prominent and important feature in Scotland’s past and have fascinated our people for nearly two thousand years. The images in this collection represent a broad range of Roman sites, the people who excavated them and what they uncovered.
The Roman Fleet traditionally comprised four main types of units, with the smallest being specialized vessels known as “naval dust,” alongside the light Romanized Triconteres, Diconteres, and Pentaconteres utilized for liaison and reconnaissance purposes.
