Video – Romans in Scotland

The Inveresk Mithras altars: a museum video

A short National Museums Scotland film introduces remarkable carved altars from Inveresk.

Why did the Romans build Hadrian’s Wall, and how was it meant to work? David Breeze examines its design and…

John Reid examines the strategic importance and complex history of Trimontium in the Scottish Borders.

Follow a visual account of Agricola’s northern campaigns and the advance towards Mons Graupius.

Browse the Antonine Wall’s Vimeo collection for recordings about the frontier.

A BBC Bitesize resource introduces Severus’s northern campaigns for second-level learners.

Explore BBC Bitesize resources for Curriculum for Excellence second-level learning.

Jim Walker explores the forts, camps and smaller military installations of Roman Perthshire.

Choose Jim Walker’s lecture on its own or with the audience discussion.

Three research presentations examine how new evidence is changing our understanding of Roman roads in Britain.

Rebecca Jones considers Roman camps as a subject of archaeological research.

Rebecca Jones explains how temporary camps contribute to research on the Roman army in Scotland.

The Trimontium Trust introduces the Roman fort beneath the Eildon Hills.

An introduction to the frontier and the project helping communities rediscover it.

Travel along the Antonine Wall through a filmed tour of its earthworks, forts, bathhouse and museum collections.

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A live-action reconstruction imagines the experience of soldiers serving in a Roman frontier watchtower.

Andrew Tibbs explores why Scotland’s coasts and rivers mattered to the Roman army’s first-century campaigns.

Explore Ardoch’s remarkable earthworks with Tristan Hughes, Rebecca Jones and Andrew Tibbs.

An accessible animated introduction to the soldiers who served in Rome’s legions.