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Women lived and worked in Roman military forts, according to a telltale trail of lost hairpins and beads. This dispels the notion the forts were male-only domains, says archaeologist Dr Penelope Allison of the Australian National University. She presents her analysis of the archaeological record at the Australasian Archaeometry Conference in Canberra this week.

 

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well, there is no doubt that they lived outside the forts and followed the armies. Perhaps the camp prefect would get bored and decide to let the soldiers enjoy themselves ;) or simply they had slaves around. Who knows, I don't.

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It's not so latest news. It's a just another confirmation of known facts. Many different "only for women" things were found in the similar places (spindles, combs, hair-pins and women jewelry). Besides them there were children's toys carved from wood. Well, Roman soldiers were simply men and life inside fort was like life in an usual settlement.

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I'd have to agree, there's no myth to be dispelled here. Just type "vindolanda" into google for starters. In fact-

 

http://vindolanda.csad.ox.ac.uk/exhibition/index.shtml

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The Vindolanda tablets are the best source for anyone wanting to know about daily life and interaction in a Imperial period fort, in the soldiers, their wives and slaves own words. From the commanding officers and their wives (who lived with them), down to a grunts slave, I find it hard to believe there aren't more threads about them....now thats something.. mmmm.

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Perhaps Australian female academics dont get out much. :D

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