−50%Ancient World
Vindolanda: Letters from Rome's northern edge
Simon Ashbourne · narrated by Desmond Cross
2026
3h 38m
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Step into the damp fields of Northumberland where waterlogged earth has kept Roman voices alive for two millennia. Desmond Cross reads Simon Ashbourne's quiet excavation of Vindolanda with the patience of someone turning over soil, letting each tablet speak in its own time.
Inside this audiobook
15 chapters
- 1Before We Begin3m
- 2Chapter 1: The Wall and the Waterlogged Earth17m
- 3Chapter 2: What the Tablets Really Are17m
- 4Chapter 3: How a Letter Survived Two Thousand Winters21m
- 5Chapter 4: Birthday Parties at the End of the World18m
- 6Chapter 5: The Fort in a Pair of Thick Socks21m
- 7Chapter 6: Supply Lists and the Taste of Empire17m
- 8Chapter 7: The Hands That Wrote and the Ears That Heard22m
- 9Chapter 8: A Household on the Frontier17m
- 10Chapter 9: The Soldiers We Almost Never See22m
- 11Chapter 10: Walking the Site with the Tablets Open19m
- 12Chapter 11: When the Mud Gives Out17m
- 13What Remains4m
- 14About the Author1m
- 15Where to Go From Here1m
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