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Above Roman diplomacy in action? The lefthand panel on the Bridgeness slab commemorates completion of the east end of the Antonine Wall. It is a typical propaganda view, with Roman cavalry riding down dejected locals. Opposite An Iron Age mould for forging Roman coins.

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War and diplomacy on the edge of the Roman world

What effect did the Roman occupation have on the peoples beyond Hadrian’s Wall? Fraser Hunter examines how the construction of a frontier and the garrisoning of thousands of soldiers forged new societies north of the Wall.

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Titanic: archaeology of an emigrant ship

Is the Titanic archaeology? A century since her loss on 15 April 1912, we learn how recent survey has revolutionised knowledge of the wreck, transforming a lost liner into a monument to a great migration, as James Delgado told Matthew Symonds.