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Astutus ~ Company Clerk



Roman Centurion Vitalis ~ Astutus' father, Germania village   25 CE

         Tamfana ~ Germania maiden, Astutus' mother


     Roman wet nurse with Legionaires escort from Germania Superior (southwest Germany,
Switzerland and eastern France)  to Rome   26 CE
      Grandfather Messalla and Grandmother Olivia in Rome

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      Scrolls, Wooden wax tablet, Codex


   Didasko with Astutus ~ his 12 year old student

Battle of Teurtoburg Forest 9 CE - The Romans made a desperate attempt to storm the Germanic wall

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Germanicus Julius Caesar     Germanicus Roman legions defeating Arminius forces at the
Battle of Weser River 16 CE

Roman Emperors:
Augustus             Tiberius            Caligula            Claudius
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Roman Comander in front of his completed Pantheon - 20 BCE
the Latin text: M AGRIPPA L F COS TERTIVM FECIT
in English stands for: M Agrippa son of Lucius, consul for the third time, built this


               Claudius found by the Praetorian Guard hiding behind a curtain   41 CE

         New recruits basic training


            Trainees of the Blue team leaving on their Simulated Raid


      Signaculum - Roman ID Tag
given to Legionaires after basic training

   Vercingetorix surrendering to Julius Caesar  52 BCE

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      Astutus, Company Clerk at Boulogne

   Everyone was standing and looking at the heavens. Astutus was astounded to see a very bright object streaming overhead in the sky. It was called a ‘shooting star’ - 43 CE


   Roman Bavarian Cavalry crossing the Medway 43 CE

         Roman elephants accompany Emperor Claudius in Britannia invasion

    Emperor Claudius entering Camulodunum (Colchester)   43 CE


      Medics treating wounded Roman Legionaries

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            Vespasian captures the Dorset hill forts   44 CE



   Astutus with some of his Company Clerks   46 CE


Britannia Governors
Publius Ostorius Scapula(47-52 CE)
            Caratacus leading Ordovices tribes in Wales against the Romans


   Caratacus handed over to Romans by Queen of Brigantes   50 CE


Roman Legionair Mish with his wife Selma and son Rufus visiting local shops
adjoining Burrium Fortress.
  The sign “Nova Tibi Bona” means “New - good for you” in Latin.


   Funeral pyre of Messalla   58 CE

         Druids with Female Furies on Anglesey   61 CE

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   Boudicca with her daughters

  Boudicca's Britons attack and destroy the temple of Claudius at Colchester-Camulodunum   61 CE

  Boudicca standing on her chariot encourages her great hoard for a frontal attack on Suetonius Paulinus's legionnaires   61 CE


  Legate Aulus Didius Gallus officially approves Astutus’ Extension of Service



   Auxiliary infantryman - Rufus 65 CE


Standard of Legio XX Valeria Victrix     The god Mithras - popular in the Roman military



  Nero and Agrippina, his mother, in front of Senate building

  The Great Fire of Rome   64 CE

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  Fortress Viroconium (Wroxeter) under construction 68 CE


Emperor Vespasian in front of partially completed Colosseum 78 CE

   The Battle of Mons Graupius   83 CE


   Britannia Village life

   Inchtuthil fortress interior   83-86 CE


   Governor Agricola at Vindolanda timber fort in Caledonia 85 CE

   Deva Victrix fortress




  Astutus teaching local lads Latin, imagining Didasko looking over his shoulder


  Appeal to Astutus by Legio XX Company Clerks