Geek Amicus

Answer to question one -- yes (or in my case, slide on your behind) Answer to question two -- Maybe in the Dolomites (?)

We're talking about over 200 years after the Antonine Wall was abandoned. Certainly, at the time of the events in King Arthur, there was no military presence whatsoever. It's possible that some of the forts and fortlets may have retained a kind of use by the local populace, though it isn't likely they were still in an adequate condition. Collapsing masonry, rotting woodwork, incursion of the local flora, all that kind of thing, which would have been exacerbated by the traditional Scottish weather. There's a great video that plays at the top of the viewing tower at Segedunum (Wallsend) showing the decay of the fort over time, once abandoned to its fate. The wall itself was a turf wall (probably topped by a wooden palisade and walkway). The wooden part would be long gone, and the wall would have been a shadow of its former self. Since the replica was built at Vindolanda in the 70s, it has lost over half a metre in height, and that is without allowing trees, bushes, etc. to get a foothold in it.) Well spotted with the Avatar, by the way. The prize is a guided tour of Lindum Colonia (Lincoln) with an experienced, knowledgeable , witty, handsome and modest guide. Let me know the next time you're there and I'd be happy to show you its many Roman ruins. Great information, I appreciate it. (I'm the kind of person who watches things and has to go look them up.) I am putting Lincoln on my bucket list and if the economy ever turns and I can afford to travel again, I'll let you know when I'm coming. In the meantime if you want a guided tour of something with nice mountains and a lot of elk, but absolutely no Roman ruins whatsoever, let me know.

I had wondered about that location as well. I had always assumed the area was too hostile for private citizens to want to live there, so I was confused about that part of the plot. Was the Antonine Wall in any kind of effective repair at the time that movie takes place? (I recognize your avitar by the way.)

Thank you! I was pretty sure that OCD had something to do with Oxford and Dictionary, but I too had images of Rain Man: "Titus, gotta see Titus..."

I know that it was dedicated in AD 80 and had 100 days of games as its inaugural, but does anyone have a more exact date or a time year in which it opened? Thanks.

Is this what we see in the movie "King Arthur" when Arthur, at the home of the prominent Roman citizen, digs out Guinevere and the boy? I realize that this was after the era noted here in which such structures became illegal, but the description seems very similar.