Rome’s Northern Frontier AD 70–235

Dr Nic Fields started his career as a biochemist before joining the Royal Marines. Having left the Navy, he went back to University and completed a BA and PhD in Ancient History at the University of Newcastle. He was Assistant Director at the British School of Archaeology, Athens, and is now a lecturer in Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh.Donato Spedaliere studied at the Instituto Nazionale di Belle Arti in Florence. Since 1995 he has worked as a professional illustrator, and founded the company Alina Illustrazioni with his wife in 1998.

• Agricola's northern campaigns (construction of the Gask Ridge, consolidation along the Forth-Clyde, Mons Graupius); The Gask Ridge (anatomy, construction, function); The Antonine conquest and consolidation (imperial policy in Britannia, origins of the Antonine Wall); The Antonine Wall (anatomy, construction, function, garrison, success or failure?); The sites today; Further reading; Glossary; Index

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