This week, we’re going all the way back to Roman times – an an episode first released in 2023 – to find out about the Antonine wall and why Scotland was ‘Rome’s Afghanistan’.
What led to the speedy evacuation of the Antonine wall, which was once garrisoned by thousands of Roman soldiers? What was Rome’s relationship with the lands beyond the wall really like? And just how did a small, stubborn nation see of a continental superpower?
To find out, Jackie visited the nation-spanning wall herself and then met Dr John Reid, author of The Eagle and the Bear: A New History of Roman Scotland, to get a deeper insight into this fractious period of history and its long-lasting legacy.
Next week, as the Oscars get under way in LA, we revisit Scotland’s relationship with the silver screen.
New episodes of Love Scotland will return later in 2024.
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My life as a ranger on Scotland’s remote isles
Riches to rags: The legacy of Lady Aberdeen
James VI: the childhood years
Sir Henry Raeburn: the story behind Scotland's most famous painter
Diana Gabaldon: Inside the story of Outlander
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Romans in Scotland: the Antonine Wall
The past and future of stately gardens
The life and times of Scipio Kennedy
Doug Allan: Antarctica, Attenborough, and a changing climate
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