Dr. Francis McIntosh

And we think...

The eight men in a... It's called a contubernium.

They're the ones that march together.

They, you know, have a tent together.

They stay in their barrack.

They're probably communal dining in some way.

So then, you know, an eight sort of makes sense.

But, you know, it's three in the terma, whether they band together, because three is a bit different.

But no...

It's really interesting.

We can see there's not that sort of thing.

And I think you can call it rations, but it's just the foodstuffs rather than, you know, so they would have still seen it as rations or the equivalent of, but yeah, they're not getting given a meal.

It's the means to make a meal.

Yeah, definitely.

So we talked at the very beginning, didn't we, about what the wall was.

And it was the wall with this wide swathe of land that was bordered by two ditches.

And south of the wall, but inside the military zone, was what is called the military road, the military way.

And that's kept open and running for communication, but also trade.

And then there's other roads.

So Deer Street goes all the way from York and it goes past many forts, comes up through Corbidge, hits Hadrian's Wall, the port gate, and then carries on north to the outpost forts.