A Roman Soldier's plaque to Hercules

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The Roman soldier who went to Newcastle and punched Hercules.

Professor Alison Cooley and Dr Jane Masséglia, from the Ashmolean Latin Inscriptions Project, talk about a tiny Roman plaque found near Hadrian's Wall in the North of England.

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Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

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Reading, Writing, Romans

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Department: Ashmolean Museum

Date Added: 12/05/2015

Duration: 00:02:45

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