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4 Extra Debut. Roman Northern Frontier 110AD. The Prefect's wife receives a birthday invitation from a neighbouring fort. Stars Shuna Snow.

Roman Northern Frontier 110AD. The Prefect's wife receives a birthday invitation from a neighbouring fort.

Series about everyday life in a Roman fort on the Northern Frontier.

Written in five parts by Catherine Czerkawska.

Inspired by the wooden writing tablets recently found at the site of Vindolanda in Northumberland.

Coventina .... Heledd Baskerville
Lepidina .... Shuna Snow
Cerialis .... Robert Bathurst
Privatus .... David Bradley
Marcus .... Ben Moor

Original music by Sian Burns.

Director: Lawrence Jackson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2002.

15 minutes

Last on

Tue 12 Aug 202503:45
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