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Past speakers, lectures, programmes and selected material from the Roman Army School.
Explore the history of the Roman Army School from the first Durham course in 1970 to the present day, including past speakers, lecture titles, conference themes, programmes, newsletters and photographs.
About the archive
The historical speaker record was supplied by Professor David Breeze. Some early entries are incomplete or uncertain, so question marks have been retained rather than silently changing an attribution. Where final programmes, newsletters, reviews or photographs survive, links are included alongside the relevant year.
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2020s 7 years
2026
The activities of the emperor Septimius Severus in Britain and beyond
Collingwood College · Excursion to High Rochester
2025
Roman frontiers in Britain and beyond
Collingwood College · Excursion to Housesteads
2024
Logistics and Supply
Collingwood College · Excursion to Corbridge
2023
Reconstructing Hadrian's Wall (and other Roman Forts)
St Chad's College · Excursion to South Shields
2020–2022
Roman Army School events cancelled
Events were cancelled due to Covid-19.
2010s 10 recorded years
2019
Roman Artillery and Sieges
St Chad's College · Artillery demonstration and site visit at Binchester
The historical speaker list records the annual theme but does not provide individual lecture details.
2018
Military Personnel
The historical speaker list records the annual theme but does not provide individual lecture details.
2017
The Roman Army School – How did Roman Frontiers Work?
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Roman Frontiers & their Landscape settings | David Breeze |
| Late Republican Frontiers | Adrian Goldsworthy |
| Sea Frontiers | Richard Bridgland |
| River Frontiers | Boris Rankov |
| Mountain and Desert Frontiers | Val Maxfield |
| Land Frontiers in Europe | Andreas Thiel |
| Hadrian's Wall and the Antonine wall | David Breeze |
| The Details of Hadrian's Wall | Peter hill |
| Movement & Pressure in the Frontier Zone | Val Maxfield |
| Movement & Control Beyond the Frontier | Boris Rankov |
| Wider Pressures on the Frontier in Germany | Andreas Thiel |
| Was there a Grand Strategy? | Adrian Goldsworthy |
| Discussion | Not recorded |
2016
The Roman Army School – Roman Women
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Agrippinna Major - Army wife & mother on Rhine | Beryl Elliott |
| Women on Hadrian's Wall | Lindeay Allason - Jones |
| Women inside & outside the fort | Andrew Birley |
| Shoes from Vindolanda & what they can tell us | Carol van Driel-Murray |
| Two Women in the Roman fort of Rigomagus | Kurt Kleemann |
| Soldiers and their wives, 'marriage' on the frontiers | Jorit Wintjes |
| Soldiers in civilian society | Adrian Goldsworthy |
| Officers wives in the provinces & on army bases | Adrian Goldsworthy |
| Dress styles on the Rhine and Danube frontiers | Ursula Rothe |
| Life in suburbia: day to day life in the Roman home | Alex Croom |
| Soldiers & their women - evidence from Egypt | Val Maxfield |
| Did the women always follow the men to outposts | David Breeze |
| Discussion | Not recorded |
2015
The Roman Army School – Towers and Fortlets
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Frontiers in their Landscape settings | David Brezze |
| Reconstructing towers in Germany | Andreas Thiel |
| An introduction to fortlets | Matt Symonds |
| Raiding on the frontiers | Adrian Goldsworthy |
| Fleets, fortlets and towers | Jorit Wintjes |
| Strange fortlets on Hadrian's Wall | Matt Symonds |
| Documentary evidence for outposting soldiers | Adrian Goldsworthy |
| Milecastles & Turrets - evidence of the | Lindsey Allason - |
| finds | Jones |
| Fortlets in Germany | Andreas Thiel |
| Fortlets in NE England and SW Scotland | Matt Symonds |
| Did the women follow the men? | David Breeze |
| Reconstructing Hadrian's Wall | David Breeze |
| Discussion | Not recorded |
2014
The Roman Army School
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Continental forts on the Dutch and Belgian coast | Sophie Vanhoute |
| The Saxon Shore Forts | Richard Bridgland |
| The fourth century occupation of Vindolanda | Andrew Birley |
| Late Roman Forts along Hadrian's Wall | Rob Collins |
| The abandonment of Hadrian's Wall in the 5th Cent. | Richard Hingley |
| Late Roman military artefactual finds | Roger white |
| The Reconstructing Hadrian's Wall (Birgitta ill) | David Breeze |
| Fleeting Shadows on Shifting Sands | Jorit Wintjes |
| Grad. Sess. Skeletal orientation- Post Roman period | Seren Sahota |
| Grad. Sess. Fort orientation along the line of Wall | Andrew Tibbs |
| The Votadini and relationship to Hadrian's Wall | Fraser Hunter |
| Native tribes living close to Hadrian's Wall | Nick Hodgson |
| Raiding into the Roman Empire | Adrian Goldsworthy |
| Awards & movement of officers within the Empire | Jonathan Eaton |
| Roman military bureaucracy - keeping records | Adrian Goldsworthy |
| The Late Roman Navy in the 5th to 7th Centuries | Jorit Wintjes |
| The decline and fall of the Romans in Britain | David Breeze |
2013
The Roman Army School
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Reminiscences of Brian Dobson | Group discussion |
| Literature & Archaeology in Egypt | Val Maxfield |
| The Long Shadow of the 30's on Hadrian's Wall | David Breeze |
| Indigenous People & the Northern Frontier | Richard Hingley |
| Management of Roman Frontiers as Monuments | Chris. Young |
| Navy Ranking - Who was in charge o the ship? | Jorit Wintjes |
| More Geophysical Surveys from Scotland | David Woolliscrof |
| Vegetius and the Bucinator | Mike Macdona |
| The Gothic Siege of Rome | Birgitta Hoffmann |
| Columns | Richard Bridgland |
| Prisoners of War | Kurt Kleemann |
| Hadrian's Wall: the work of Emperor Hadrian? | Lawrence Keppie |
| Roman Jet in Britain | Adam Parker |
| Finds at Inchtuthil | Paolo Trezzi |
| The Political Role of Legionary Centurions | Jonathan Eaton |
| Thoughts on the construction of Hadrian's Wall | Erik Graafstal |
| Priority Milecastles and the Vallum | Ray Hunneysett |
| Another look at fortlets | Matt Symonds |
| Small installations and Transport Corridors | Erik Graafstal |
| Roman Towers | David Woolliscrof |
| Small installations - their function and use | Round table discussion |
| Augustus and the Roman Army | Adrian Goldsworthy |
2012
The Roman Army School
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Roman Maryport | Tony Wilmott |
| The internal planning of auxiliary forts | Nick Hodgson |
| The Nile: A Roman Limes | Val Maxfield |
| Barri Jones and the Western Frontier | David Woolliscroft |
| Septimus Severus versus Pescennius Niger | Birgitta Hoffmann |
| Cavalry Tactics | Adrian Goldsworthy |
| The Army & campaigns of the Emperor Maurice | Mark Corby |
| Heraclius (AD610 - 641) Triumph to tragedy | Ed Valerio |
| Free afternoon | Not recorded |
| The aftermath of Frontiers of Knowledge | Matt Symonds |
| Forum Gallorum - eye-witness accounts | Adrian Goldsworthy |
| The invisible men -Interpreters in the Roman Army | Kurt Kleemann |
| The Battle of Milvian Bridge | Birgitta Hoffmann |
| Creating the frontiers of Imperial Rome | David Breeze |
| The practical Vegetius | Mike Macdona |
| The 'real navy' The Misenium & Ravenna fleets | Jorit Wintjes |
2011
The Roman Army School
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Controlling access on Hadrian's Wall | Matt Symonds |
| New work in Scotland and Cumbria | David Woolliscroft |
| Secret river crossings by bandits - Roman response | Adrian Goldsworthy |
| The Roman Army under siege - the Batavian revolt | Birgitta Hoffmann |
| Shimeon bar Kosiba - enemy of Rome | Brian Edwards |
| Weapons of Rome's Iberian enemies | Fernando Quesada Sanz |
| The first Jewish Revolt - Jerusalem & Masada | Mark Corby |
| Roman cavalry, tactics, effectiveness and cost | Adrain Goldsworthy |
| Free afternoon | Not recorded |
| Roman Provincial fleets? A new approach | Jorit Wintjes |
| Pitched battle tactics of Iberians and Celtiberians | Fernando Quesada Sanz |
| Antony's Parthian War and Actium Campaign | Adrians Goldsworthy |
| Justinian's Folly - retaking the West | Ed Valerio |
| Training in the Roman army | Charles Jackman |
| Septimius Severus in Britain | Nick Hodgson |
| Palmyra, Rome and the Sassanids - a riddle in sand | Jorit Wintjes |
2010
The Roman Army School
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| The Enemies of Rome in Northern Britain | Nick Hodgson |
| The Partho-Sassanid Art of War - part 1 | Jon Coulston |
| The Partho-Sassanid Art of War - part 2 | Jon Coulston |
| The Garamantes - twixt troublemakers and traders | Birgitta Hoffmann |
| Hannibal & the Cathaginian Army | Adrian Goldsworthy |
| Rome and Desert Peoples | Val Maxfield |
| Mark Antony, the legions & the Civil war 44-41 BC | Adrian Goldsworthy |
| Free afternoon | Not recorded |
| Imperial Design or Local Inituative? Creative tension | Matt Symonds |
| Inchtuthil | David Woolliscroft |
| Model of a modern Major General-Petillius Cerialis | Brian Dobson |
| The Illyrian Revolt AD 6 - 8 | Blanka Misic |
| Arminius Romanus versus Herman the German | Kurt Kleemann |
| Between hooligan & freedom fighter - Boudicca | Birgitta Hoffmann |
2000s 10 recorded years
2009
The Roman Army School
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Did Hadrian design Hadrian's Wall | David Breeze |
| Trajan's Column - a window on the Roman army | Jon Coulston |
| The making of a new WHS - the Antonine Wall | David Breeze |
| Roman Combined Operations | Nick Hodgson |
| The news from Roman Scotland | David Woolliscroft |
| Caesar's Alexandrian campaign | Adrian Goldsworthy |
| Pompey the Vulture I | Mark Corby |
| The tactical role of the Auxiliary | Adrian Goldsworthy |
| Free afternoon | Not recorded |
| Economus - Rom. Naval Command - 1st PunicWar | Jorit Wintjes |
| Pompey the Vulture II | Mark Corby |
| The last great Roman battle | Ed. Valerio |
| Saxon Shore forts, coastal forts, Naval installations | Birgitta Hoffmann |
| Assault from the Sea - Invasion of Britain | Jorit Wintjes |
| A Wall Topic | Matthew Symonds |
| The Classes Syriaca and Alexandrina | Jorit Wintjes |
2008
The Roman Army School
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Future research on Hadrian's Wall | Matthew Symonds |
| The army in its landscape setting | David Breeze |
| New light on the planning of Roman forts | Nick Hodgson |
| Water Frontiers I | Birgitta Hoffmann |
| Water Frontiers II | Birgitta Hoffmann |
| Adrianople | Adrian Goldsworthy |
| Caesar's Italian campaign | Adrian Goldsworthy |
| Patrolling the Wall | Mark Corby |
| Free afternoon | Not recorded |
| The Social War | Mark Corby |
| The Praetorian Guard under Augustus | Lawrence Keppie |
| The mutinies of AD 14 | Lawrence Keppie |
| Vegetius and Ammianus | Mike Macdona |
| Greek and Roman irregular warfare | Rose Mary Sheldon |
| The Roman Navy | Jorit Wintjes |
| Caligula and the sea-shells | Mike Macdona |
2007
The Roman Army School
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Flexibility and field Forces in the Late Roman army | Adrian Goldsworthy |
| Could Pyrrhus have won? | Mark Corby |
| The approach to Battle | Charles Jackman |
| Heavy Cavalry | Mike Macdona |
| The End of the Limes | Kurt Kleemann |
| Aurelian - Restorer of the World | Mark Corby |
| Tactical Change in the Roman army | Adrian Goldsworthy |
| Vegetius and the 'legio antiqua' | Mike Macdona |
| Notitia Dignitatum & De Rebus Bellicis | Mark Hassall |
| Free afternoon | Not recorded |
| Practice Camps in Wales | Rebecca Jones |
| Supplying a Legion. What are legionary territories? | Birgitta Hoffmann |
| The Wall periods reconsidered | Nick Hodgson |
| Frontier fortlets and thei predecessors | Matthew Symonds |
| Aerial Archaeology | David Woolliscroft |
| Marching Camps in Scotland | Rebecca Jones |
| More thoughts on Corbridge | Nick Hodgson |
2006
The Roman Army School
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Alexander and Caesar compared | Mark Ccorby |
| Fortlets and trade in Egypt | Val. Maxfield |
| Mysteries of the Northern Frontiers | David Breeze |
| Roman v. Barbarian | Charles Jackman |
| The marching camp in time | Gary Bruggemann |
| Cannae - where and how it was fought | Adrian Goldsworthy |
| Fortlet variations in Britain and Germany | Matthew Symonds |
| The battle of Sambre - Caesar v the Nervii | Ed. Valerio |
| Spies & Security in the Roman provinces | Rose Mary Sheldon |
| Romans, Natives and others | Birgitta Hoffmann |
| Homes for Heroes - married quarters | Mark Hassall |
| Mons Graupius revisited | David Woolliscroft |
| Some thoughts on Corbridge | Nick Hodgson |
| Aerial photography in Scotland | David Woolliscroft |
| Unit size and the planning of Late Roman forts | Mark Hassall |
2005
The Roman Army School
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Militia to Mercenaries | Adrian Goldsworthy |
| How did Hadrian's Wall work? | David Breeze |
| Trajan's Parthian adventure | Rose Mary Sheldon |
| The Cohort in detail | Ed. Valerio |
| The Cohort in context | Ed. Valerio |
| Deployment and Sustainability | Charles Jackman |
| Caesar as General | Adrian Goldsworthy |
| Caesar in Britain - Where? | Peter Connolly |
| The weapons of Caesar's army | Peter Connolly |
| Soldier and Civilian in Egypt | Val. Maxfield |
| The Chester Amphitheatre | Tony Wilmott |
| Where did you get that? Roman imports | Birgitta Hoffmann |
| Flavian forts & Native settlements | David Woolliscroft |
| One more river - Alexander's battles | Peter Connolly |
| Soldier and Civilian on the Northern Frontier | Nick Hodgson |
2004
The Roman Army School
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| An introduction to the Roman Army | Brian Dobson |
| Weapons - from 200 BC to 100 AD | Peter Connolly |
| The Army - Augustus to Diocletian | Brian Dobson |
| Roman fort defences | David Breeze |
| The making of the Legions | Lawrence Keppie |
| Barrack buildings | Nick Hodgson |
| Antony's Legions | Lawrence Keppie |
| Living in a Roman fort | Peter Hill |
| The careers of Roman army officers | Brian Dobson |
| Roman careers as case studies | Brian Dobson |
| The Roman army in Egypt | Val. Maxfield |
| The psychology of war | Charles Jackman |
| Armoured Roman cavalry | Birgitta Hoffmann |
| Roman signalling technology | David Woolliscroft |
| Cavalry in the Wall area | Peter Hill |
| Native society in the Roman North | Richard Hingley |
| 2 short contributions and final discussion | Brian Dobson |
2003
The Roman Army School
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Amateur officers or professional soldiers | Mark Corby |
| Roman conduct of operations | Charles Jackman |
| Polybius - on making a General | Frank Walbank |
| Boudiccan revolt - Commanders | Charles Jackman |
| Pharsalus | Peter Connolly |
| Seminar - Caesar's army | Peter Connolly |
| The Romans in Scotland | David Woollisccroft |
| Did Tacitus tell the whole truth? | Brigitta Hoffmann |
| Life in a Roman fort | Shirley Waldock |
| Vici - Down these mean streets | Peter Hill |
| Early campaining in Britain | Brian Dobson |
| Can the Roman Army course continue? | Brian Dobson |
2002
The Roman Army School
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| The invasion of Britain | Mark Corby |
| The crossing of the Rhine | Kurt Kleemann |
| The Roman failure at Hatra? | Mark Corby |
| Seminar - Methods used in Roman warfare | Brian Dobson |
| Masada | Mordechai Gichon |
| Military small finds - their significance | Sonjia Jilek |
| Ariovistus | Peter Connolly |
| Uxellodunum - new evidence - the Pilum | Peter Connolly |
| The siege of Gamla | Mordechai Gichon |
| Roman artillery | Dietwulf Baatz |
| The Belgic revolt of 54 BC | Peter Connolly |
| Seminar - Gathering military intelligence | Mordechai Gichon |
| The development of the Stanegate | Peter Hill |
| Forts and fortlets -their siting in Egypt | Val. Maxfield |
| Summary & discussion on the way forward | Btian Dobson |
2001
The Roman Army School
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Dyrrhachium I | Peter Connolly |
| Supplying the army of the Republic | Frank Walbank |
| The Mule | Charles Jackman |
| Discussion | John C. Mann |
| Dyrrhachium II | Peter Connolly |
| The mechanics of Migration | Ed. Valerio |
| Proccurators of Judaea | Brian Edwards |
| Munda | Peter Connolly |
| The missing units of Had. to Anton. Walls | Charles Jackman |
| The Roman invasions of Britain | Brian Dobson |
| The fort at Rigomagus | Kurt Kleemann |
| Spartacus | Mark Corby |
| Seminar - How to conquer Britain? | Mark Corby |
2000
Caesar and after
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Caesar and the Helvetii | Peter Connolly |
| War & conquest through Roman eyes | Frank Walbank |
| Fort siting - Egyptian detachments | Val Maxfield |
| How Romans may have served in Parthian army | Shirley Waldock |
| Caesar's Italian campaign to Brundisium | Peter Connolly |
| Marius to Claudius - the rise of the Auxiliaries | Brian Dobson |
| Batavians - the Roman Gurkhas | Frank Brudenell |
| Tour to Lanchester Fort- postponed from 1999 | Not recorded |
| Caesar in Alexandria - That lady? | Peter Connoly |
| Marius to Claudius - Changes in Officer structure | Brian Dobson |
| Siege warfare in Palestine | Gwyn Davies |
| Brittones gentiles & Brittones dediticii | John C. Mann |
| Operations in Scotland | Mark Corby |
| Discussion and disperse | Brian Dobson |
1990s 10 recorded years
1999
Roman Armies
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| The army of Polybius, sources for recruitment | Frank Walbank |
| From Maniple to Cohort | Peter Connolly |
| Late Republic / Augustan reforms - discussion | Frank Walbank |
| Thrace - a new perspective | Margaret Roxon |
| Civil War - Caesar's African campaign | Peter Connolly |
| The settlement of Auxiliary veterans - discussion | Margaret Roxon |
| New diplomas from Roman Britain | Margaret Roxon |
| Military equipment from Augustus - Trajan | Peter Connolly |
| Tour to Chollerton and Corbridge | Not recorded |
| The Eastern Frontier | Mark Corby |
| Dura Europos and impact of soldier on civilian | Simon James |
| Late Republican army of 225 - 25 BC discussion | John C. Mann |
| The way forward in the year 2000 - discussion | Mike Macdona |
1998
Land and Sea – (Provisional only)
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Alesia - Caesar v Vercingetorix | Peter Connolly |
| Siege works | Gwyn Davies |
| Roman Surveying | George Henwood |
| The Colosseum | Peter Connolly |
| The First Punic War at sea | Frank Walbank |
| Roman roads and transport | Peter Hill |
| Trip to Wallsend and section of Hadrian's Wall | Not recorded |
| Naumachiae | Peter Connolly |
| Naval warfare - First Punic War to Actium | Frank Walbank |
| Collapse of the client kingdom of Judaea | Brian Edwards |
| The Saxon Shore followed by the Wild Party | Mark Corby |
| Dura Europos on the Upper Euphrates | Simon James |
1997
Nasty, Brutish and Incompetent
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| The Roman army - corrupt | David Breeze |
| Hellenistic world - soldier and civilian | Frank Walbank |
| How swords are made | Dr. D. Sim |
| Did the Romans have parade grounds? | Shirley Waldock |
| Spoils of an unknown battle | Peter Connolly |
| Caesar's soldiers - automatons? | Peter Connolly |
| Why did the Romans generally win? | Ed. Valerio |
| Centurial Symbols indicating line of march etc. | John C. Mann |
| The Roman Army - jerry- builders? | Peter Hill |
| Soldier and civilian in Republican Rome | Frank Walbank |
| Adrianople - the unnecessary battle | Frank Brudenell |
| The armies effect to the south of PottersBar | Brian Kolbert |
| Defending the Antonine Wall | Mark Corby |
1996
Operations of the Roman army
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| The Roman army - reflections | Eric Birley Video |
| Some 'Greeks' in Roman Britain | Frank Walbank |
| Gaugemela - Republican weaponry | Peter Connolly |
| Herod - a client king of the Jews | Brian Edwards |
| Rome and Alexander | Frank Walbank |
| Archers and Slingers | Frank Brudenell |
| Varus I | Brian Kolbert |
| Varus II | Brian Kolbert |
| Promotion and pay below the rank of Centurion | Brian Dobson |
| The Classis Britannia | G. Oxley Sidey |
| The movement of the legions | John C. Mann |
| Centurions and Decurions | Brian Dobson |
| Belisarius and Narses | Mark Corby |
| Heraclius | Mark Corby |
| Auxiliary command - Legionary Officers | Brian Dobson |
| Vegetius' 'antique legio' | Mike Macdona |
| The Roman Empire - Decline and Fall | John C. Mann |
| Space allocation in forts & fortresses | Peter Hill |
| The production of arms and armour | Shirley Waldock |
| Roman Governors, followed by discussion | Brian Dobson |
1995
Soldier and Veteran in Society
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Mercenaries in Hellenistic armies | Frank Walbank |
| Soldiers in Hellenistic societies | Frank Walbank |
| Seminar - The origins of the Auxilia | Not recorded |
| T. Spurius Ligustinus - veteran | Peter Connolly |
| Homes fit for Heroes I - Cantonment to Colony | Mark Hassall |
| Homes fit for Heroes II - 3 Coloniae of Britain | Mark Hassall |
| Numantia - the Roman army | Peter Connolly |
| The political role of veterans | Lawrence Keppie |
| Veterans in the Auxilia | Margaret Roxon |
| Evidence for settlement programmes | Lawrence Keppie |
| Free afternoon | Not recorded |
| Centurions in society | Brian Dobson |
| Seminar - Veteran settlement | Not recorded |
| The later Roman army - with horses | Ann Hyland |
| Greek armies before Alexander | Mark Corby |
| Alexander - was he so great? | Mark Corby |
| The last Jewish revolt - AD 351 - 352 | Brian Edwards |
| The Late Roman Empire | Ann Hyland |
| Future Roman Army Courses | Brian Dobson |
1994
Alexander and Caesar
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Phillip and Alexander - a new army | Frank Walbank |
| Alexander's army - the Phalanx & weapons | Peter Connolly |
| Alexander's aims and achievements | Frank Walbank |
| Alexander's cavalry - through Arrian's eyes | Ann Hyland |
| The battles of Alexander - Issus | Peter Connolly |
| Physical influences on Cavalry | Ann Hyland |
| The battle of Cynocephelae | Peter Connolly |
| Alexander - discussion group | Peter Connoly |
| The battle of Sambre -weapons etc. | Peter Connolly |
| Alesia | Brian Kolbert |
| Dyrrachium to Pharsalus - Pompey | Peter Connolly |
| Caesar at sea | Brian Dobson |
| Byzantine cavalry and its wars | Ann Hyland |
| Ilerda | Peter Connolly |
| Identifying Caesar's soldiers | Lawrence Keppie |
| Free afternoon | Not recorded |
| Storming a town - Alexander to Caesar | Peter Connolly |
| Caesar's legions after Caesar | Lawrence Keppie |
| The further development of the Legion | Brian Dobson |
| Munda | Peter Connolly |
| Meanwhile in Judaea | Brian Edwards |
| Steppe peoples - Alexander to Mongols | Ann Hyland |
| Future Roman Army Courses - discussion group | Brian Dobson |
1993
New doubts about Old Certainties
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Military equipment - Function | Peter Connolly |
| The creation of Trajan's Column I | Jon Coulston |
| Trajan's Army on the Column | Jon Coulston |
| The newest on Diplomas | Margaret Roxon |
| A reconsideration of the Column II | Peter Connolly |
| Architectural representation | Jon Coulston |
| Trajan's Column and Adamlissi Tropaeum | Jon Coulston |
| Legionary recruitment | Brian Kolbert |
| Vegetius - on not taking him seriously | Brian Dobson |
| Early Forts | Val. Maxfield |
| Garrisoning and the Principate | Mike Bishop |
| Castra or Camp - terminology | Mike Bishop |
| Problems with Polybius | Frank Walbank |
| Hyginus and the numbers game | Brian Dobson |
| Arrian - the man and his background | Ann Hyland |
| Literacy among the soldiers | Frank Walbank |
| Fort anatomies | David Breeze |
| Arrian's cavalry manoeuvres | Ann Hyland |
| A military appreciation of Hadrian's Wall | Mark Corby |
| Vegetius - by a professional soldier | Frank Brudenell |
| Soldier's marriages | Mike Macdona |
| Discussion on Future Courses | Brian Dobson |
1992
No Roman Army Course this year
No Roman Army Course this year.
1991
Infantry and Cavalry
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Infantry: capabilities and limitations | Mark Corby |
| Cavalry: capabilities and limitations | Mark Corby |
| The face of Hellenistic Battle | Frank Walbank |
| Discussion group | Frank Walbank |
| Weaponry - 165 BC to AD 50 | Peter Connolly |
| Legionary developments 200BC to 50 BC | Peter Connolly |
| Discussion group | Peter Connolly |
| Warfare in the East (tactics etc.). | Jon Coulston |
| Warfare in the East, followed by discussion group | Jon Coulson |
| Discussion group on warfare | Brian Dobson |
| Lorica Segmentata development | Mike Bishop |
| The PBI -The ordinary soldier in the Roman army | Mike Bishop |
| Discussion on content of previous lectures | Mike Bishop |
| Late - Roman Infantry - tactics etc. | Jon Coulston |
| The role of irregular warfare | Discussion group |
| The face of battle in the 4th cent. - Milvian Bridge. | Roger Tomlin |
| The role of the Cavalry - Discussion group | M. Bishop / J. Coulston |
| Artillery and walls - Discussion group | M. Bishop / J. Coulston |
| The future of the Roman army course | Brian Dobson |
1990
Recent work on Hadrian’s Wall (RAI)+
Durham
The historical list records the annual theme but does not provide individual lecture details.
1980s 10 recorded years
1989
Cavalry Horses (I); Navies (2)
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Horses: breeding, nutrition, care etc. | Discussion group |
| Practical demonstration of equipment | Ann Hyland |
| How horse tack affected warfare | Ann Hyland |
| Supply and logistics of the horse | Ann Hyland |
| Training the horse | Ann Hyland |
| Training the rider | Ann Hyland |
| The horse in war; physiology etc.I | Ann Hyland |
| The horse in war II | Ann Hyland |
| Free Time | Not recorded |
| Outdoor display of armour, shield and weapons | Ann Hyland |
| External influences - discussion group | Not recorded |
| Navies: Hellenistic and Republican I | Frank Walbank |
| Naval warfare during the above times II | Frank Walbank |
| Free Time | Not recorded |
| Rowing in a Trireme - discussion | Discussion group |
| Ship design - operations and logistics | John Coates |
| Ships in archaeology and literature | John Morrison |
| Harbours | Peter Connolly |
| Fleets of the Empire - organisation | ? |
| Fleets of the Empire - Officers and men | ? |
| The Late Roman Navy | Roger Tomlin |
| Future Courses | Brian Dobson |
1988
The Roman Fort – Some Problems
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| The Hellenistic and Republican experience | Frank Walbank |
| The Ilerda Campaign | P. Connolly / M. Roxon |
| Timber forts - organisation & supply | W. Hanson |
| Timber forts - construction and demolition | W. Hanson |
| Build your own stone fort I | Peter Hill |
| Build your own stone fort II | Peter Hill |
| Reconstructing archaeological monuments | Peter Hill |
| Roman Granaries | W. H. Manning |
| Debunking barracks | ? |
| Reconstructing Stables | Peter Connolly |
| Fort internal buildings | Discussion group |
| Army Tradesmen | David Breeze |
| Army Grooms | Brian Dobson |
| Army Brides etc. | Brian Dobson |
| People in and around forts | Discussion group |
| Soldier & Citizen in the Late Roman Empire | Roger Tomlin |
| Family life in the Late Roman Empire | Roger Tomlin |
| Future Courses | Brian Dobson |
1987
Logistics, Sieges & Frontier Control
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| The Study of armies & warfare | Mordechai Gichon |
| Hellenistic siege warfare | Frank Walbank |
| Caesar - blockade | Peter Connolly |
| Siege machinery (excluding Catapults) | Duncan Cambell |
| Caesar - assault | Peter Connolly |
| Roman Catapults I | Dietwulf Baatz |
| Roman Catapults II | Dietwulf Baatz |
| Fighting from Walls | Dietwulf Baatz |
| The performance of the average Roman Army | Mordechai Gichon |
| Three Sieges I | Mordechai Gichon |
| Three Sieges II | Mordechai Gichon |
| The Siege off Amida | Roger Tomlin |
| Siege warfare - discussion group | Not recorded |
| The Logistics of Hellenistic campaigns | Frank Walbank |
| Logistics in Caesar's campaigns | Brian Dobson |
| Trip to South Shields Roman fort - gateway etc. | Not recorded |
| Frontier control in Germany and Raetia | Dietwulf Baatz |
| Provisioning of Roman forts | David Breeze |
| The Bar-Kochba war | Mordechai Gichon |
| Logistics of the Late Roman army | Roger Tomlin |
| The role of the fort | Val. Maxfield |
| Frontier Control in Britain | Brian Dobson |
| The Limes - Palestine | Mordechai Gichon |
| Video on the Falklands War - Hard work & luck | Brian Edwards |
1986
Cavalry and the Late Roman Army
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Cavalry in War I | Mark Corby |
| Cavalry in War II | Mark Corby |
| The Hellenistic background | Frank Walbank |
| Cavalry in the Middle to Late Republic | Frank Walbank |
| Arms and Equipment I | Peter Connolly |
| Marius to Augustus | Lawrence Keppie |
| Barbarian Cavalry & Equipment | Peter Connolly |
| Cavalry under the Empire: pay, etc | Brian Dobson |
| Horses and Mules | Val. Maxfield |
| Cohortes equitatae | Margaret Roxon |
| Cavalry on the Frontiers | David Breeze |
| Trip to Carvoran via the Wall from Newcastle | Not recorded |
| Equipment: 30 BC to the end of the Second Cent. | Peter Connolly |
| Splitting and doubling of units | Mark Hassall |
| Heavy Cavalry | Mike Macdona |
| The Late Roman Army: an introduction | Roger Tomlin |
| Arms and Equipment - Late Roman Army | Tom. Richardson |
| The Notitia Dignitatum | R. Tomlin / M. Hassall |
| Vegetius | Mike Macdona |
| Arrian's description of Cavalry Training | Frank Brudenell |
| Palmyra - its rise and fall | Rose Baillie |
| Religion in the Late Roman Army | Roger Tomlin |
| Cavalry: Late Empire to Byzantium | Tom. Richardson |
1985
The Enemies of Rome
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Sammites and Celts | Peter Connolly |
| Italy up to 195 BC (Armour) | Peter Connolly |
| Macedon | Frank Walbank |
| Seleucids | Frank Walbank |
| Hellenistic States and Carthaginians | Peter Connolly |
| Carthage - The Navy | Peter Connolly |
| Spaniards, Gauls and Germans | Discussion Groups |
| Dacians and Sarmatians | Val. Maxfield |
| Enemies within and around Britain | David Breeze |
| Later Gauls and early Germans | Peter Connolly |
| Trip to York and Yorvik Museum | Not recorded |
| Alamanni | Roger Tomlin |
| Goths | Frank Brudenell |
| Huns | Frank Brudenell |
| Later Germans, Huns and Goths etc. | Peter Connolly |
| Naval warfare | Brian Dobson |
| Guerilla warfare | Brian Dobson |
| Jews and Masada | Brian Edwards |
| More Jews | Brian Edwards |
| Parthians | Rose Baille |
| Persians | Tom. Richardson |
| Parthians and Sassanids | Peter Connolly |
| Islam | Jim. Summerly |
| General discussion including nest year's courses | Brian Dobson |
1984
Roman Frontiers
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Campaigning, Conquest and control | Brian Dobson |
| The Frontier in Germany I | Val. Maxfield |
| The Danube Frontier I | John Wilkes |
| The Eastern Frontier | D. Kennedy |
| The Frontiers in Spain | Richard Jones |
| The Frontiers in Africa | John C. Mann |
| Britain till Trajan | Val. Maxfield |
| Britain: Hadrian to Caracalla | David Breeze |
| Frontiers: Timber or Stone | W. Hanson |
| The Herculaneum Soldier | Peter Connolly |
| Trip to H.W. - Comparison & Contrast in Frontiers | Brian Dobson |
| Late Roman Frontiers | Roger Tomlin |
| The Frontier in Germany II | Val. Maxfield |
| The Danube Frontier II | John Wilkes |
| The Eastern Frontier II | D. Kennedy |
| The Frontier in Africa II | John C. Mann |
| Late Frontier Works in Northern Britain | David Breeze |
| Legionary Fortress to Veteran settlement | Lawrence Keppie |
| Military diplomas & Frontier organisation | Margaret Roxon |
| Natives in the Frontier Region | David Breeze |
| Seminar - The impact of Frontiers | Brian Dobson |
| The Saxon Shore | Mark Hassall |
| Seminar - Late Frontiers | Roger Tomlin |
| Final Session | Brian Dobson |
1983
Roman Army – Introductory Course
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Change in the Roman Army | Brian Dobson |
| The Early Republican Army | Frank Walbank |
| The Army from Polybius to Marius | Frank Walbank |
| How the Roman Army fought | Peter Connolly |
| Weapons and Armour - Republic | Peter Connolly |
| The impact of Caesar | Lawrence Keppie |
| From Republic to Empire | Lawrence Keppie |
| Qasr' el Hallabat - a small fort in Jordon | Rose Baillie |
| Arrian against the Alani | Frank Brudenell |
| The Roman Soldier and the Law | Mike Macdona |
| Weapons and Armour - The Empire | Peter Connolly |
| Unit organisation and fort types | Brian Dobson |
| Forts and Fortresses | Brian Dobson |
| The Logistics of the Agricolan campaign | David Breeze |
| What is the function of a fort? | Brian Dobson |
| Trip to Chesters and Housesteads | (Simon James on Dura) |
| The siege of Amida | Roger Tomlin |
| Officers and Centurions | J. Summerly |
| Ranks below the Centurionate | J. Summerly |
| The Late Roman Army | R. Tomlin / M. Hassall |
| The Notitia Dignitatum | R. Tomlin / M. Hassall |
| De Rebus Bellicus | R. Tomlin / M. Hassall |
1982
No Roman Army Course this year
No Roman Army Course this year.
1981
Roman Army – Civil War & Rebellion
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| The Italians before & after the Social War | Frank Walbank |
| Aspects of fighting the Social War | Brian Dobson |
| Sertorius and / or Spartacus | Mark Corby |
| Roman Army - the eve of the Civil Wars | Brian Dobson |
| The siege of Massilia | Peter Connolly |
| Caesar in Africa | Rose Baille |
| Munda | Peter Connolly |
| Mark Antony | Stephen Phillips |
| Free afternoon | Not recorded |
| The Roman Army - After the Civil Wars | Margaret Roxon |
| Rebellion - Boudicca - AD 60 | Shirley Waldock |
| Rebellion - Judaea - AD 66 to 73 | Mark Corby |
| Rebellion - Germany - AD 69 - 70 | Frank Brudenell |
| Rebellion - Judaea in the AD 130s | Brian Edwards |
| Rebellion in the Roman Empire | Brian Dobson |
| Rebellion in Mauretania in the AD 140s | Margaret Roxon |
| The Changing Army from Ad 160s | Brian Dobson |
| Trip to Stanwick - scene of rebellion? | Brian Dobson |
| The wars of Severus and his Rivals | Jim Summerly |
| Civil War in Britain - Carausius | Phillip McCall |
| The changing Roman Army | Brian Dobson |
| The Civil Wars - AD 300 to 324 | Mike Macdona |
| Julian and Constantine | Tim Boatswain |
| General discussion and future courses | Brian Dobson |
1980
Roman Army on Campaign
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| The Army of the Middle Republic | Frank Walbank |
| Hannibal I | P. Connolly/ S. Phillips |
| Hannibal II | P. Connolly/ S. Phillips |
| 2nd. Macedonian, Antiochus etc | Frank Walbank |
| Caesar on Campaign | Brian Dobson |
| Caesarian Campaigns | Val. Maxfield |
| Phillipi | Rose Baille |
| Campaigning during the Principiate | Brian Dobson |
| Teutoburger Wald, AD 9 | Mark Corby |
| The Campaigns of Germanicus | Frank Brudenell |
| Corbulo's Campaigns | Val. Maxfield |
| Dacian Wars, Domitian & Trajan | Mark Hassall |
| Trajan's Column - in sequence | Brian Dobson |
| Trip to forts at Greta Bridge, Bowes and Brough | Not recorded |
| Britain: campaigns till AD 80 | Val. Maxfield |
| Britain: campaigns in Scotland | David Breeze |
| Seminar - Campaigning - the use of arch. evidence | Not recorded |
| Campaigning during the Late Empire | Tim Boatswain |
| Julian's Persian Campaign | Mike Macdona |
1970s 10 recorded years
1979
No Roman Army Course this year
No Roman Army Course this year.
1978
The Roman army in battle
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Arms & Armour of the Republic | Peter Connolly |
| Army of the Middle Republic | Frank Walbank |
| Seminar - Hannibals Battles: Cannaae etc. | Peter Connolly |
| Seminar - Scipio & the 2nd century BC. Baecula, Ilipa and Great Plains | Stephen Phillips (all three topics) |
| Seminar - Scipio & the 2nd century BC. | Ian Howarth (Zama) |
| Zama, | Not recorded |
| Cynoscephalae and Pydna | Peter Connolly |
| Marius to Caesar | Frank Walbank |
| Seminar - Alesia, Carrhae and Pharsalia | Mark Corby?? |
| The Army of the Principate | Brian Dobson |
| Siege Tactics - Hellenistic & Roman | Frank Walbank |
| Seminar - Jerusalem and Masada | Mark Hassall |
| Seminar - First / Second Cremona | F. Brudenell/ R. Law |
| Arms and Armour of the Principate | Brian Dobson |
| Celtic Warriors & battles in Britain | Graham Ritchie |
| Seminars: Battles in Britain, Conquest, Caratacus, Boudicca, and Mons Graupius | Doreen Agguter |
| Trajan's Column | Brian Dobson |
| Arms & Armour of the Late Empire | M. Hassall / R. Thomlin |
| The Army of the Late Empire | Roger Tomlin |
| Seminar - Adrianople | Mike Macdona |
1977
The Roman Legion
Southampton
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Southampton region during Roman period | David Johnson |
| The role of the Legion | Not recorded |
| Organisation of the Camp / Fortress | Not recorded |
| The Legions in Britain | Not recorded |
| Recruiting and Veteran settlement | John C. Mann |
| Ranks below the Centurionate | David Breeze |
| The Legionary Centurionate | Brian Dobson |
| The Saxon Shore forts & the Notitia Dignitatum | John C. Mann |
| The Senior Officers of the Legions | Not recorded |
| Soldiers and Centurions on detachment | John C. Mann |
| Life in the Legion: official documents | Roy Davies |
| Life in the Legion: Unofficial documents | Roy Davies |
| 2 gaps left for H. Russell Robinson (ill) | Roger Tomlin? |
1976
Roman Auxiliaries
Exeter
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Exeter City | Val Maxfield? |
| The role of the Auxilia | Not recorded |
| The organisation of the Auxilia | Not recorded |
| Studying the Auxilia | Margaret Roxan?? |
| Forts in relation to unit types | Brian Dobson? |
| Trip to signal station at Martinhoe & Old Burrow | Not recorded |
| Recruiting and discharge | John C. Mann? |
| The Auxiliary Soldier | Not recorded |
| The Auxiliary Officer | Not recorded |
| Trip to Maiden Castle and Hod Hill | Not recorded |
| Forts in relation to life of the soldier | Brian Dobson? |
| Life in the Auxilia - official documents | Roy Davies |
| Auxiliary arms and equipment | H. Russell-Robinson |
| Life in the Auxilia - unofficial documents | Roy Davies |
1975
No Roman Army Course this year
No Roman Army Course this year.
1974
No Roman Army Course this year
No Roman Army Course this year.
1973
Roman army and Frontiers
Chester
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Roman Chester | D. W. Petch |
| The Idea of a Frontier | John C. Mann |
| The Rhine Frontier | John C. Mann |
| The Danube Frontier | John Wilkes |
| The Eastern Frontiers | John C. Mann |
| The North African Frontiers | John C. Mann |
| Roman garrison artillery | E. W. Marsden |
| Early Frontiers in Britain | Graham Webster |
| The Frontier in Wales | M. G. Jarrett |
| The Northern frontiers in Britain | David Breeze |
| The Development of frontiers | John C. Mann |
| The Late Roman army | John C. Mann |
| The Armour of the Auxiliaries | H. Russell-Robinson |
1972
The Roman army in action
Cardiff
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Roman Artillery | E. W. Marsden |
| Roman army tactics (1) | Graham Webster |
| Roman army tactics (2) | Graham Webster |
| Roman helmets and body armour | H. Russell-Robinson |
| Roman army tactics (3) | Graham Webster |
| The Roman soldier in society | Brian Dobson |
| Roman army engineering (1) | Graham Webster |
| Roman army engineering (2) | Graham Webster |
| The Legionary Fortress - Caerleon | George Boon |
| Roman army engineering (3) | Graham Webster |
| Roman communications | Graham Webster |
| Roman army recruitment | Brian Dobson |
| The Usk excavation | W. Manning |
| The Roman army as police | R. W. Davies |
| Unofficial army documents | R. W. Davies |
| Roman Military Decorations | Val Maxfield |
1971
The Roman Legions
York
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| The City of York | P. Wenham |
| Roman York | P. Wenham |
| The development of the Legion | Graham Webster |
| Legions of the Empire | John Mann |
| Legions of Britain | Graham Webster |
| Junior Officers of the Legion | David Breeze |
| Centurions and Primipilares | Brian Dobson |
| Higher Officers of the Legion | Brian Dobson |
| Legionary weapons | Graham Webster |
| Legionary battle tactics | Graham Webster |
| The Legion - other aspects | Graham Webster |
| The Legion - Camps and Forts | Graham Webster |
| Enlistment and Service | R. Davies |
| Daily routine and training | R. Davies |
1970
The Roman Army
Durham
| Lecture / session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Introduction to Hadrian's Wall | Brian Dobson |
| The Roman Fort | Brian Dobson |
| The Roman Legion | Graham Webster |
| Officers of Roman Army | Brian Dobson |
| Roman Army in the Field | Graham Webster |
| The Auxilia and the Fleet | Graham Webster |
| The Roman Army as Engineers | Graham Webster |
| Roman Military Documents | R. Davies |
| West end of Hadrian's Wall | Brian Dobson |
| Army Medical Services | R. Davies |
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