Roman Frontier

I see that there were oppidums beyong Hadrian's Wall, were they uninhabited after the pulling back from the Antonine Wall?

I see that there were oppidums beyong Hadrian's Wall, were they uninhabited after the pulling back from the Antonine Wall?

 

I doubt it,I suggest a change of overlordship , the area was never heavily populated-indeed in later history this was a one of the deadliest places to live in Europe-(the Debatable Lands), home of the Reivers and Moss Troopers, but thats another story. Population density was quite low in the Roman era and oddly this is the very area dealt with in "Eagle of the Ninth". Osprey have an excellent fortress sieres book on this area that I reviewed ,briefly , in a colosseum thread.Rome very nearly conquered the whole of the island but the rhetorical question would be -what for? Certainly Britain was seen as the place to test ones resolution and strength but the tin and copper mines were already under control .

Is this a scanned image from physical maps that you have? If so, I'd be very interested in the title, publisher, etc.

Is this a scanned image from physical maps that you have? If so, I'd be very interested in the title, publisher, etc.

 

Alas no-this was passed to me in its present form by a friend . It look suspiciously like one of the "historical" section pages from a school atlas I had many years ago, I am searching my stored books to se if that atlas survives.