Codebreaking in the Roman Army

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Vindolanda, UK

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Wax tablet&

stylus

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Wooden tablet found at Vindolanda

Calamus, wooden tablet and ink pot

Wooden tablet&

ink pen

The Roman Army Needs You!

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Caesar gratias vobis agit

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Credits:This resource is an output of the LatinNow project that has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No.715626)

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Slide 5: Aerial photo: http://hadrianswallcountry.co.uk/events/archaeological-excavations-vindolanda

Slide 6: Wax tablet © Peter van der Sluijs - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26045982

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• Vindolanda tablets: © The Vindolanda Trust, with permission

• Ink pot and calamus © LatinNow

• Cartoon figures all © 2019 iStockphoto LP, with permission

• Maps all © 2020 LatinNow Project. Produced by P. Houten

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