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Voices from Vindolanda

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

By Catherine Czerkawska. A five-part series about everyday life in a Roman fort on the Northern frontier in AD 110, inspired by the wooden writing tablets recentlyfound at the site of Vindolanda in Northumberland. 1: Lepidina. The Prefect's wife receives a birthday invitation from a neighbouring fort, and finds a kindred spirit in her children's Latin tutor.
Music by Sian Burns Director Lawrence Jackson Repeat of 10.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Catherine Czerkawska.
Coventina:
Heledd Baskerville
Lepidina:
Shuna Snow
Cerialis:
Robert Bathurst
Privatus:
David Bradley
Marcus:
Ben Moor
Source: Radio Times

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