Reference Sources

The Vardulli

Source Material and References for the Vardulli

Publications and correspondence

Roman Scotland and Roman Auxiliary Units by R W Davies
Hadrians Wall in the days of the Romans by Ronald Embleton
Hadrians Wall by David Breeze and Brian Dobson
Invaders of Scotland by HMSO
The Roman Documents from Vindolanda by Robin Birley
The Antonine Wall. Rome's Northwest Frontier by William Hanson and Gordon Maxwell
Dr Paul Holder
Vindolanda's Roman Records by Robin Birley
The Roman Army in Britain by P A Holder
The Auxilia From Augustus to Trajan by Paul A Holder
Service in the Roman Army by Roy Davies
The People of Roman Britain by Anthony Birley
The Roman Army 31BC-AD337 by Brian Campbell
The Basques by Roger Collins

Diplomas: CIL XVI

43 (AD98)
51 (AD105)
69 (AD122)
70 (AD124)
82 (AD135)
93 (AD146)
130 (c.AD149-60)

Inscriptions

RIB
2149 (Castlecary)
2118 (Jedburgh)
1083 etc (Lanchester)
1083 (?Corbridge)
1265 etc (High Rochester)

From Dr Paul Holder

"Can I just run through the various possible names of the unit:-

Full formal title from c.105 - cohors I fida Vardullorum milliaria civium Romanorum. (By AD98 it was cohors I fida Vardullorum CR).
Short title - cohors I Vardullorum milliaria OR cohors I Vardullorum.
Colloquial name - Vardulli OR numerus Vardullorum."

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