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Roman Northern Frontier 110AD. Ordering in provisions Spiro the Quartermaster keeps abreast of fort gossip. Stars Freddie Jones.

Roman Northern Frontier 110AD. Spiro the Quartermaster orders in provisions for the coming feast while keeping abreast of fort gossip.

A five-part series about everyday life in a Roman fort on the Northern Frontier, inspired by the wooden writing tablets recently found at the site of Vindolanda in Northumberland.

Written by Catherine Czerkawska.

Coventina .... Heledd Baskerville
Spiro .... Freddie Jones
Privatus .... David Bradley
Paulina .... Amanda Root

Original music by Sian Burns.

Director: Lawrence Jackson

First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in March 2002.

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15 minutes

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