Explores the issues and the use of best practice interpretation principles in bringing the Roman world to life for visitors and educational users.Issues in the public presentation and interpretation of the archaeology of Hadrian's Wall and other frontiers of the Roman Empire are explored and addressed here. A central theme is the need for interpretation to be people-focussed, and for visitors to be engaged through narratives and approaches which help them connect with figures in the past: daily life, relationships, craft skills, communications, resonances with modern frontiers and modern issues allprovide means of helping an audience to connect, delivering a greater understanding, better visitor experiences, increased visiting and spend, and an enhanced awareness of the need to protect and conserve our heritage. Topics covered include re-enactment, virtual and physical reconstruction, multi-media, smartphones, interpretation planning and design; while new evidence from audience research is also presented to show how visitors respond to different strategies of engagement. Nigel Mills is Director, World Heritage and Access, The Hadrian's Wall Trust. Contributors: Genevieve Adkins, M.C. Bishop, Lucie Branczik, David J. Breeze, Mike Corbishley, Jim Devine,Erik Dobat, Matthias Flück, Christof Flügel, Snezana Golubovic, Susan Greaney, Tom Hazenberg, Don Henson, Richard Hingley, Nicky Holmes, Martin Kemkes, Miomir Korac, Michaela Kronberger, Nigel Mills, Jürgen Obmann, Tim Padley, John Scott, R. Michael Spearman, Jürgen Trumm, Sandra Walkshofer, Christopher Young,

Introduction: Presenting the Romans - Issues and Approaches to Interpretation - Nigel MillsTradition and Innovation: Creating a New Handbook to the Roman Wall - David BreezeRe-enactment and Living History - Issues about Authenticity - Mike C. BishopReconstruction Drawings: Illustrating the Evidence - Susan GreaneyImages from the Past: Fibulae as Evidence for the Architectural Appearance of Roman Fort Gates - Christof FlugelImages from the Past: Fibulae as Evidence for the Architectural Appearance of Roman Fort Gates - Jürgen ObmannMultimedia Interpretation Techniques for Reconstructing the Roman Past at the Limes Museum in Aalen and at the Limes in Baden-Württemberg - Martin KemkesVindonissa: Changing Presentations of a Roman Legionary Fortress - Jürgen Trumm and Matthias FluckBringing to Life the Ancient City of Viminacium on the Danube - Snezana Golubovic and Miomir KoracAn International View of Reconstruction - Christopher YoungA Roman Museum for Vienna - Michaela KronbergerWoerden - Hoochwoert (Dutch Limes): Showing the Invisible - Tom HazenbergMainlimes Mobil: Presenting Archaeology and Museums with the Help of Smartphones - Erik Dobat and Sandra Walkshofer and Christof FlugelVoices from the Past: Presenting (re)Constructed Environments through Multimedia Technologies - Jim DevineDigital Reconstruction and the Public Interpretation of Frontiers - R. M. SpearmanInformation, Disinformation and Downright Lies: Portraying the Romans - Mike CorbishleyRomanes eunt Domus? - Don HensonThe Living Frontier: the Passing of Time on Hadrian's Wall - Richard HingleyThe Hadrian's Wall Interpretation Framework: Audience Research - Genevieve Adkins and Nicky Holmes and Nigel MillsThe Hadrian's Wall Interpretation Framework - Nigel Mills and Genevieve AdkinsApplying the Hadrian's Wall Interpretation Framework - Nigel Mills and Tim Padley and John Scott and Lucie Branczik and Genevieve Adkins