55 minutes 40 seconds · Full-length talk
Rebecca Jones considers Roman camps as a subject of archaeological research.
Before watching: The existing post reports poor sound quality.
What this video covers
This Royal Archaeological Institute lecture by Dr Rebecca Jones is titled “Roman Camps in Britain: Known Unknowns”. It offers a longer research presentation for viewers interested in the questions surrounding Roman temporary camps.
The Institute identifies the original lecture date as 9 December 2015. Its online description does not give a detailed outline of the argument, so this introduction does not assign particular discoveries or conclusions to the speaker. The title signals a useful emphasis on the limits of knowledge as well as the evidence that survives.
For readers interested mainly in Scotland, the recording can be paired with Jones’s Scottish camp lectures and the site’s illustrated introduction to a marching camp. These provide complementary ways to approach the subject.
The existing post warned of poor sound quality. That warning has been retained; captions may help, although automatic captions can misrender place names and archaeological terms.
About the video
Speaker: Dr Rebecca Jones
Publisher/channel: Royal Archaeological Institute
Recorded: 9 December 2015
Uploaded: 10 August 2021
Captions: Automatic captions available on YouTube; names and specialist terms may contain errors.
Overview based on the publisher’s listing and existing post; a full transcript has not been checked.
Explore further
- "On the March: Roman Camps in Scotland" by Dr Rebecca Jones – YouTube
- Roman Camps in Scotland – YouTube
- Inside a Roman marching camp
Related reading: Roman marching camps with six gates explains how Dunning and other Scottish camps differ from the familiar four-gate plan, with recorded examples and probable reconstructions. This is additional site reading, rather than a claim about the contents of the lecture.
