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Hadrian's Wall, Adrian Goldsworthy

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From an award-winning historian of ancient Rome, a definitive history of Hadrian's Wall. 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 archaeological 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.--Publisher
Language
eng
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Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xx, 169 pages
Contents
  • Britannia: outpost of empire
  • Hadrian: the man, the emperor, and the grand design
  • Building and manning the wall: legions and auxilia
  • Fresh minds: Antoninus Pius to Septimus Severus
  • The anatomy of Hadrian's wall
  • Forts and towns: soldiers and civilians
  • Life on the wall
  • How Hadrian's wall worked: understanding the evidence
  • Changing times and the end of empire
  • Visiting Hadrian's wall
  • Appendix: The known and probable garrisons of the forts on Hadrian's wall
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9781541644427
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Hadrian's Wall
Title
Hadrian's Wall
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Adrian Goldsworthy
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
From an award-winning historian of ancient Rome, a definitive history of Hadrian's Wall. 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 archaeological 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.--Publisher
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Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith
Dewey number
936.2/881
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • plans
Index
index present
LC call number
DA146
LC item number
.G65 2018
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Hadrian's Wall (England)
  • Great Britain
  • England, Northern
  • England
  • England, Northern
  • Great Britain
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Hadrian's Wall, Adrian Goldsworthy
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-158) and index
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volume
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rdacarrier
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  • text
  • still image
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  • sti
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  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Britannia: outpost of empire -- Hadrian: the man, the emperor, and the grand design -- Building and manning the wall: legions and auxilia -- Fresh minds: Antoninus Pius to Septimus Severus -- The anatomy of Hadrian's wall -- Forts and towns: soldiers and civilians -- Life on the wall -- How Hadrian's wall worked: understanding the evidence -- Changing times and the end of empire -- Visiting Hadrian's wall -- Appendix: The known and probable garrisons of the forts on Hadrian's wall
Control code
on1030436389
Dimensions
20 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xx, 169 pages
Isbn
9781541644427
Lccn
2017963177
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations, maps, plans
System control number
(OCoLC)1030436389
Label
Hadrian's Wall, Adrian Goldsworthy
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-158) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Britannia: outpost of empire -- Hadrian: the man, the emperor, and the grand design -- Building and manning the wall: legions and auxilia -- Fresh minds: Antoninus Pius to Septimus Severus -- The anatomy of Hadrian's wall -- Forts and towns: soldiers and civilians -- Life on the wall -- How Hadrian's wall worked: understanding the evidence -- Changing times and the end of empire -- Visiting Hadrian's wall -- Appendix: The known and probable garrisons of the forts on Hadrian's wall
Control code
on1030436389
Dimensions
20 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xx, 169 pages
Isbn
9781541644427
Lccn
2017963177
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations, maps, plans
System control number
(OCoLC)1030436389

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