Keyword: Hinterland

Kom al-Ahmer — Kom Wasit III

ed. Mohamed Kenawi et al.

This volume presents findings from 2017–2020 excavations at Kom al-Ahmer and Kom Wasit, focusing on Hellenistic housing and a public bathhouse. It highlights trade links with the Aegean, Gaza, and Cilicia, and includes insights into the Western Nile Delta’s role post-AD 641. READ MORE

Hardback: £90.00 | eBook: £16.00

Frontiers of the Roman Empire: The Hinterland of Hadrian̕s Wall

David J. Breeze

In this important and beautifully illustrated book, David Breeze elucidates the context of the most famous frontier, Hadrian’s Wall. The zone to north and south of the Wall was a heavily militarised landscape of roads, bridges, forts, fortlets and towers, but also the towns, settlements and supply infrastructure on which the army depended. READ MORE

Paperback: £19.99 | Open Access

Footprints from the Past: The South-Eastern Extramural Settlement of Roman Alchester and Rural Occupation in Its Hinterland

Andrew Simmonds et al.

Excavations for the Bicester–Oxford rail improvements revealed middle Iron Age settlements, evidence of metalworking, two successive Roman roads, and extramural Roman occupation near Alchester, including buildings, field systems, farms and unusual finds. Most sites were abandoned by the early 3rd century. READ MORE

Hardback: £20.00

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