As their little cavalcade fell in behind, Gwytha swung about in her saddle, and her eyes locked for the last time on the northern road, sun-baked and empty behind her. Then she dug her heels hard into the pony’s flank.
In Rome, the hand of a junior clerk reached out and drew a single line across the legionary rolls.
Glossary of Place Names
Roman Modern
Alauna Maryport
Antium Anzio
Aquae Sulis Bath
Calleva Atrebatum Silchester
Camulodunum Colchester
Castra Exploratorum Netherby
Cataractonium Catterick
Corstopitum Corbridge
Dacia Transylvania and Rumania
Danum Doncaster
Deva Chester
Grannona Bayeux
Gesoriacum Boulogne
Hibernia Ireland
Hippo Regius Annaba, Algeria
Isca Silurum Caerleon
Isurium Brigantum Aldborough
Lambaesis Lambese, Algeria
Lindum Lincoln
Londinium London
Luguvallium Carlisle
Mamucium Manchester
Moesia Upper: Serbia
Lower: Bulgaria
Nicomedia Izmit, Turkey
Parthia Northeast Iran
Rutupiae Richborough
Segedunum Wallsend
Selinous Selente, Turkey
Tarraco Tarragona, Spain
Trimontium Newstead
Valentia Lowland Scotland
Venta Belgarum Winchester
Verulamium St. Albans
Vindobona Vienna
Vindolanda Chesterholm
Vinovia Binchester
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