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The Vindolanda Horse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2011

J. M. C. Toynbee and
Alan Wilkins
J. M. C. Toynbee
Affiliation:
22 Park Town, Oxford
Alan Wilkins
Affiliation:
Annan Academy
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The very attractive bronze figure of a horse, found in 1971 under the floor of a house in the Vindolanda vicus, has understandably become an emblem of the site on publications of the Vindolanda Trust.

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Britannia , Volume 13 , November 1982, pp. 245 - 251
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Copyright © J. M. C. Toynbee and Alan Wilkins 1982. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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