04-06-2009, 05:57 PM
Well,
I finally got round to posting here (actually also uploading the pictures) to my wikipedia article on the roman fort of Pons Aelius, modern day Newcastle, in the northeast of England.
I see Steve has already beaten me to the animation here, in which he made a fantastic job. Without further ado:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pons_Aelius
There is still 1-3 images I will upload at a later time (I am very very busy at the moment). Please note that any discrepancies are due to research errors on my part, and have nothing to do with Steve Haasis, the very talented artist I comissioned to do this for me.
In case you didn't know, you can see more of his art here: www.ancientvine.com
There is also a long long debate thread regarding the particular circumstances regarding this fort, which can be found here:
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Examples include the forts small size, why its not connected to the wall, strange positioning of granaries, etc.
Brian Stobbs, im with you and Steve when I say I do think the fort was actually connected to the wall. However, I chose to go against my suspicions based on lack of archaeological evidence. I do hope in the near future excavations can prove us right!
So, I hope you all enjoyed the article, and the images provided by Steve. My next project will probably involve the nearby fort of Longovicium, with a vicus, mansione, altar and a large network of aqueducts and a very very unique dam, possibly the only one of its type in Roman Britain.
Best,
Yuri
I finally got round to posting here (actually also uploading the pictures) to my wikipedia article on the roman fort of Pons Aelius, modern day Newcastle, in the northeast of England.
I see Steve has already beaten me to the animation here, in which he made a fantastic job. Without further ado:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pons_Aelius
There is still 1-3 images I will upload at a later time (I am very very busy at the moment). Please note that any discrepancies are due to research errors on my part, and have nothing to do with Steve Haasis, the very talented artist I comissioned to do this for me.
In case you didn't know, you can see more of his art here: www.ancientvine.com
There is also a long long debate thread regarding the particular circumstances regarding this fort, which can be found here:
<!-- l <a class="postlink-local" href="http://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=21936&start=120">viewtopic.php?f=17&t=21936&start=120<!-- l
Examples include the forts small size, why its not connected to the wall, strange positioning of granaries, etc.
Brian Stobbs, im with you and Steve when I say I do think the fort was actually connected to the wall. However, I chose to go against my suspicions based on lack of archaeological evidence. I do hope in the near future excavations can prove us right!
So, I hope you all enjoyed the article, and the images provided by Steve. My next project will probably involve the nearby fort of Longovicium, with a vicus, mansione, altar and a large network of aqueducts and a very very unique dam, possibly the only one of its type in Roman Britain.
Best,
Yuri
