Facing the Enemy?: A GIS Study of 1st Century Roman Fortifications in the Scottish Landscape (British)

Facing the Enemy is a GIS-basedexamination of the relationship between Roman fortifications occupied duringthe Flavian period (AD 77-86/90), and their Scottish landscape setting. Itundertakes spatial analysis of the positioning, orientation, intervisibilityand interconnectivity of the early legionary fortresses, forts, fortlets, campsand towers. The study combines mapping data, remote sensing technologies, alongwith archaeological evidence in an extensive GIS database, and takes asystematic approach to analysing the landscapes surrounding the fortifications. The work demonstrates that Flavianfortifications were almost always located in positions which enabled themilitary to control movement through the landscape, with coastal sitesfrequently guarding access to river networks and fortifications further upstream.The study concludes that the military strategy in Flavian Scotland was not toblock all movement through the landscape as such a strategy would have beenimpossible in such a varied setting, but rather to control the main corridorsof movement, and by extension, exert control and authority over the indigenouspopulation.

• | Author: Andrew Tibbs
• | Publisher: British Archaeological Reports (Oxford) Ltd
• | Publication Date: Sep 30, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 188 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1407360159
• | ISBN-13: 9781407360157