Reconstruction illustration showing soldiers marching from the barracks in the bridgehead fort at the Roman town of Richborough, as it may have looked in about AD250. The fort would later be refortified in stone to create Richborough Roman Fort.

Date:
circa 1995 - circa 2000
Location:
Richborough Roman Fort, Ash, Richborough, Dover, Kent
Reference:
IC084/007
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

After a period of peace and prosperity, Roman troops returned to Richborough by AD250 in response to attacks along the south and east coasts of England by marauding Saxons, Angles and Jutes.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC084 Richborough Roman Fort And Amphitheatre, Kent; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction And Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Illustrator: Lapper, Ivan

Keywords

Roman Fort, Roman Gate, Roman Fortification, Roman Barracks, Military, People