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The Military Origins of the Roman Town of Alchester, Oxfordshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2011

Eberhard Sauer
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, Oxford
Simon Crutchley
Affiliation:
English Heritage, Swindon
Patrick Erwin
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford

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Britannia , Volume 30 , November 1999 , pp. 289 - 297
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Copyright © Eberhard Sauer, Simon Crutchley and Patrick Erwin 1999. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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