Hadrian's Wall
by Adrian Goldsworthy /
2018 / English / PDF
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Stretching eighty miles from coast to coast across northern
England, Hadrian's Wall is the largest Roman artifact known today.
It is commonly viewed as a defiant barrier, the end of the empire,
a place where civilization stopped and barbarism began. In fact,
the massive structure remains shrouded in mystery. Was the wall
intended to keep out the Picts, who inhabited the North? Or was it
merely a symbol of Roman power and wealth? What was life like for
soldiers stationed along its expanse? How was the extraordinary
structure built-with what technology, skills, and materials?
Stretching eighty miles from coast to coast across northern
England, Hadrian's Wall is the largest Roman artifact known today.
It is commonly viewed as a defiant barrier, the end of the empire,
a place where civilization stopped and barbarism began. In fact,
the massive structure remains shrouded in mystery. Was the wall
intended to keep out the Picts, who inhabited the North? Or was it
merely a symbol of Roman power and wealth? What was life like for
soldiers stationed along its expanse? How was the extraordinary
structure built-with what technology, skills, and materials?
In Hadrian's Wall, Adrian Goldsworthy embarks on a historical and
archeological investigation, sifting fact from legend while
simultaneously situating the wall in the wider scene of Roman
Britain. The result is a concise and enthralling history of a great
architectural marvel of the ancient world.
In Hadrian's Wall, Adrian Goldsworthy embarks on a historical and
archeological investigation, sifting fact from legend while
simultaneously situating the wall in the wider scene of Roman
Britain. The result is a concise and enthralling history of a great
architectural marvel of the ancient world.