![]() ![]() Roman soldiers have a nasty habit of setting light to things, too. Sometimes when I listen to our old neighbours complaining about the emperor’s Great Wall across the land, I want to say to them, well at least you’ll never have to worry about the northerners coming in the night to steal your cattle and burn your house down, will you? But I‘ve learned to keep quiet. ![]() I say ‘used to’ because there’s hardly a trace of any buildings there now. Our farm used to overlook a beautiful wide river valley. One of the things I’ve learned about Romans is that they’re very good at having opinions on things they know nothing about. Well, it was NOT “some flea-bitten outpost beyond the last supply depot”, no matter what my husband’s friend might tell you. ![]() ![]() Tell us a little about where you grew up. This interview celebrates the release of Memento Mori, the 8th volume in the acclaimed Medicus series, which we’re just nuts about. She is here to tell us about life bridging the British and Roman worlds. Though married to a Roman officer, she is a healer (and now a Roman citizen) in her own right. We have interviewed her husband before, but we thought it only fair that we give her a voice too.īorn as Darlughdacha of the Corionotatae (really, she’s not quite sure why people prefer ‘Tilla’), on the furthest reaches of the Roman empire. Dear readers, tonight with me is the wife of an officer in Hadrian’s legions. ![]()
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