The Vindolanda Tablets: Letters Home from the Roman Forces in Britain

https://www.thoughtco.com ^ | Updated March 25, 2019 | By K. Kris Hirst

[Red Badger]

PinGGG!..................

[Red Badger]

Archaeologists Uncover Spine-tingling New Hoard of Roman Letters at Vindolanda Fort:

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/archaeologists-uncover-spine-tingling-new-hoard-roman-letters-vindolanda-021496

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[marron]

Good post.

[Avalon Memories]

The most common pen nib was made of a good quality iron by a blacksmith, who sometimes embellished them with chevrons or bronze leaf or inlay, depending on the customer. The nib was typically attached to a wood holder that held a well of ink made of a mixture of carbon and gum Arabic.

In other words, the Romans were using fountain pens roughly 800 years before they were officially invented in 1827.

[BradyLS]

“Dear John...”

[Red Badger]

The Romans were way more far advanced that most people think. They were clever and inventive and very capitalistic..................

[Red Badger]

“Dear Commodus...”

[Red Badger]

https://www.vindolanda.com/Listing/Category/digging-up-memories

[Verginius Rufus]

Carlisle is near the western end of the wall. Woodrow Wilson’s mother was born there.

[Red Badger]

She’s older than I thought.................

[Red Badger]

If Woodrow Wilson’s mother was a Brit, how could he become POTUS?.............................

[KC Burke]

Goldsworthy 9as I remember) has written a fictional series about life and conquest survival at Vindolandia giving me a familiarization and interest in this site. I hope to hit it if I go to the Lake region and later southern Scotland borderlands.

[Verginius Rufus]

Wilson's father was born in the US. His mother came to the US as a child. (That Wilson considered himself a citizen of the Confederate States of America for several years apparently did not bother anyone--he was a minor at the time anyway.) President Arthur's father was an immigrant.

Wilson became POTUS only because Theodore Roosevelt ran as a third-party candidate.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

The museum is amazing at Vindolanda.

If you make your way over to the eastern coast, Lindisfarne is a cool place. You have to visit it before the tide comes in.

[ccmay]

If Woodrow Wilson’s mother was a Brit, how could he become POTUS?

Same as any of the others: by right of being a citizen at his birth, instead of naturalized at a later date.

I.E. born on American soil, no matter the nationality of his parents, or born overseas to at least one parent who is an American citizen.

There are deluded people who claim your parents or even grandparents need to have been citizens for you to be considered a native born citizen, but they are quite wrong.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I find it amazing that literacy was so widespread. There weren’t any books to read (except in the wealthiest families) and there was no writing paper, pens, or ink to be purchased. You need to practice, practice, practice to become proficient at writing. How do you do that without plentiful pen and paper?

I never heard of writing on wood tablets before. Most fascinating!

Thanks for posting this, Red. What a great site to visit!

[KC Burke]

http://www.adriangoldsworthy.com/romanfictionbk1.htm

[Red Badger]

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/archaeologists-uncover-spine-tingling-new-hoard-roman-letters-vindolanda-021496

[carcraft]

My son n joined the Army when The History Channel did a documentary on the letters. It was called “ Letters from the Front”. There was one letter that had the usual how are you etc. then please send money. I sent a copy to my son. Some things in life never change.