4th July - 13th September 2009

New Exhibition at the Segedunum Roman Fort, Baths & Museum on North Tyneside.

Roman rule brought a fascinating mix of races and cultures to the north of England - the soldiers who guarded the frontier came from all around the Empire. Born in AD 146 in Leptis Magna, one of the great colonized cities of Roman Africa, Lucius Septimius Severus ruled Britain from his capital at York.  Both during and after his reign, units of soldiers from across the Roman world lived on what we now call ‘Hadrian’s Wall’. An Archaeology of 'Race' takes this multicultural context as its theme and explores the everyday life, citizenship and culture of the people living along Hadrian's Wall.

In association with the AHRC funded project ‘Tales of the Frontier’ at Durham University.
For more information on the project please see http://www.dur.ac.uk/roman.centre/hadrianswall/

For information on the exhibition please see http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/segedunum/thingstoseeanddo/exhibition/2009/07/04/an-archaeology-of-race-exploring-the-northern-frontier-in-roman-britain/