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Author : Robert Draper
Release : 1999
Genre : Fiction
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Book Synopsis Hadrian's Walls by : Robert Draper
Download or read book Hadrian's Walls written by Robert Draper. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a surprising debut novel, the lifelong friendship between a prison's director and a notorious convict creates a conflict between obligation and loyalty.
Author : Tony Wilmott
Release : 2013-04-15
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 585/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Hadrian's Wall by : Tony Wilmott
Download or read book Hadrian's Wall written by Tony Wilmott. This book was released on 2013-04-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1976 to 2000 English Heritage archaeologists undertook excavation and research on Hadrian's Wall. This book reports on these findings and includes the first publication, of the James Irwin Coates archive of drawings of Hadrian' Wall made in 1877-96.
Author : Matthew Symonds
Release : 2017-12-07
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 858/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Protecting the Roman Empire by : Matthew Symonds
Download or read book Protecting the Roman Empire written by Matthew Symonds. This book was released on 2017-12-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Roman army enjoys an enviable reputation as an instrument of waging war, but as the modern world reminds us, an enduring victory requires far more than simply winning battles. When it came to suppressing counterinsurgencies, or deterring the depredations of bandits, the army frequently deployed small groups of infantry and cavalry based in fortlets. This remarkable installation type has never previously been studied in detail, and shows a new side to the Roman army. Rather than displaying the aggressive uniformity for which the Roman military is famous, individual fortlets were usually bespoke installations tailored to local needs. Examining fortlet use in north-west Europe helps explain the differing designs of the Empire's most famous artificial frontier systems: Hadrian's Wall, the Antonine Wall, and the Upper German and Raetian limites. The archaeological evidence is fully integrated with documentary sources, which disclose the gritty reality of life in a Roman fortlet.
Author : Adrian Goldsworthy
Release : 2018-04-10
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 45X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Hadrian's Wall by : Adrian Goldsworthy
Download or read book Hadrian's Wall written by Adrian Goldsworthy. This book was released on 2018-04-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Patricia Southern
Release : 2016-02-15
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 341/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Hadrian's Wall by : Patricia Southern
Download or read book Hadrian's Wall written by Patricia Southern. This book was released on 2016-02-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The building, military use and descent into ruin of the most important Roman frontier ever built.
