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Significance of the inscription from a statue of Nepos?

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Shows his illustrious career, including being governor of lower Germany and Thrace as well as Britain

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‘both of them fine soldiers’

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Tacitus on Plautius and Scapula

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‘Suetonius Paulinus enjoyed two years of success, conquering fresh tribes and strengthening forts’

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Tacitus on Paulinus, prior to the Iceni rebellion

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‘had not Paulinus, on hearing of the revolt, made speed to help, Britain would have been lost’

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Tacitus places great personal responsibility on Paulinus for being able to subdue the rebellion

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Under which governor was there a ‘serious mutiny’ (Tacitus) due to the boredom of the troops?

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Trebellius Maximus

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‘he resolved to root out the causes of rebellion’ - tacitus

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Tacitus on Agricola’s change to the attitudes of the governor

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Which 3 governors in between the Iceni rebellion and the troubles in Brigantia were tasked with consolidating territory south of the Fosse Way and rebuilding the destroyed cities?

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Turpilianus, Maximus and Bolanus

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‘Catus, frightened by this disaster and the hatred borne him by the provincials, whom he had driven to war through his greed, fled to Gaul’ - Tacitus

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Tacitus on procurator Catus who was the procurator at the time of the Iceni rebellion. Dio directly blames Catus for the rebellion

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Evidence that Governors didn’t control other administrators of the province?

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Procurator Julius Classicianus complained about Paulinus’ treatment of the rebels, which clearly had enough evidence to make Nero change the Governor and the approach to governing Britain

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Purpose of Speculatores

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served as a military police force and scouts

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Purpose of beneficiarii

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seems to be soldiers that also acted as assistants to the governors and could be deployed however the governor thought was necessary
- in other areas of the empire, they were responsible for collecting corn, supervising road systems, postal service etc.

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who were auxiliary troops

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soldiers from provinces, serving abroad

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Evidence of Britons joining to be cavalry auxiliary for Rome elsewhere in the empire

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Vindolanda tablet

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Dere Street location

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York to Scotland

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Stanegate location

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Corbridge to Carlisle

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Watling Street location

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London to Wroxeter

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Fosse Way location

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Lincoln to Exeter

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What buildings other than fortresses did the military assist in building?

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Administrative, judicial and entertainment buildings

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Classis Britannica

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Roman British fleet, used to supply soldiers, e.g during the Welsh and Caledonian campaigns as well as the early conquest period

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Evidence that the Classis Britannica was helping the legions build Hadrian’s Wall?

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An inscription from one of the granaries of a fort

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What three client Kingdoms had been established by AD47?

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The Iceni (King Prasutagus)
The Regni (King Cogidubnus)
The Brigantes (Queen Cartimandua)

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Tacitus on Prasutagus’ reason to establish a client Kingdom and make Claudius his co-heir with his daughters

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‘thinking that by such submission his kingdom and family would be kept from any harm’

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Evidence of the mutual benefit of client kindoms?

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The Romans repeatedly protected Cartimandua from Venutius, partially in return for her betrayal of Caratacus in 51DA

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‘certain domains were presented to King Cogidumnus, who maintained his unswerving loyalty’

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Tacitus on Cogidubnus’ incentive for establishing a client kingdom

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Which Briton king got Roman citizenship and how do we know?

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Cogidubnus, from the Chichester dedication slab

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Governor 43-47

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Plautius

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Governor 47-52

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Scapula

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Governor 52-57

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Gallus

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governor 57/58

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Veranius

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Governor 58-61/62

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Paulinus

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Governor 61/2-63

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Turpilianus

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Governor 63-69

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Maximus

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Governor 69-71

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Bolanus

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Governor 71-74

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Cerialis

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Governor 74-78

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Frontinus

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Governor 78-84

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Agricola

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Governor 84-89 ish

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Lucullus

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Governor 122-125?

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Nepos

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