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Author : Frank Graham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780905778853
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (788 download)
Download or read book Hadrian's Wall written by Frank Graham and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Adrian Goldsworthy
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 154164445X
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (416 download)
Download or read book Hadrian's Wall written by Adrian Goldsworthy and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 192 pages. 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 : William Hutton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (631 download)
Download or read book The History of the Roman Wall written by William Hutton and published by . This book was released on 1813 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Matthew Symonds
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108383858
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (83 download)
Download or read book Protecting the Roman Empire written by Matthew Symonds and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-12-07 with total page 268 pages. 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 : Nick Hodgson
Publisher : The Crowood Press
ISBN 13 : 0719821592
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (198 download)
Download or read book Hadrian's Wall written by Nick Hodgson and published by The Crowood Press. This book was released on 2017-07-14 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Built around AD122, Hadrian's Wall was guarded by the Roman army for over three centuries and has left an indelible mark on the landscape of northern Britain. It was a wonder of the ancient world and is a World Heritage Site. Written by a leading archaeologist who has excavated widely on the Wall, this is an authoritative yet accessible treatment of the archaeological evidence. The book explains why the expansion of the Roman empire ground to a halt in remote northern Britain, how the Wall came to be built and the purpose it was intended to serve. It is not a guidebook to the remains, but an introduction to the Wall and the soldiers and civilians, men, women and children, who once peopled the abandoned ruins visited by tourists today. Contents include: Historical background to the Wall; How the Wall was built and its appearance on completion; The history of the Wall from Hadrian to the end of Roman Britain; The purpose of the Wall. This introduction to Hadrian's Wall, the most impressive and famous physical reminder of Britain's Roman past, will be of great interest to all students and keen amateurs of Roman history, archaeology and general history, and is profusely illustrated throughout with 60 colour and 30 black & white photographs and 10 Maps.
Author : Alistair Moffat
Publisher : Birlinn Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781841587899
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (878 download)
Download or read book The Wall written by Alistair Moffat and published by Birlinn Limited. This book was released on 2009 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hadrian's Wall is the largest single Roman monument in the world and the most impressive Roman legacy north of the Alps. The Wall tells the story of Hadrian's Wall, its makers, its effect and its impact on northern Britain.
Author : Patricia Southern
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445640341
Total Pages : 659 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book Hadrian's Wall written by Patricia Southern and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-02-15 with total page 659 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The building, military use and descent into ruin of the most important Roman frontier ever built.
Author : Umberto Pappalardo
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 0892369582
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (923 download)
Download or read book The Splendor of Roman Wall Painting written by Umberto Pappalardo and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2009 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Thanks to this volume, the reader can visit the Roman houses of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Boscoreale, Oplontis, and Rome that display superb Roman frescoes on their walls ... An essay by Donatella Mazzoleni highlights the connections between Roman architecture and the programs of illusionistic wall paintings employed in these magnificent structures. Umberto Pappalardo examines the Roman domestic ideal and its realization in wall painting and through other elements of interior decoration. The two essays precede a sumptuously illustrated guide to twenty-eight of the most beautiful houses - among them, the Villa of the Mysteries, the House of the Vettii, and the House of the Faun in Pompeii; the House of Livia, the Villa Farnesina, and the Domus Aurea in Rome; the House of the Grand Portal in Herculaneum; and the Villa of Publius Fannius Synistor in Boscoreale."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Roger Ling
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521315951
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (159 download)
Download or read book Roman Painting written by Roger Ling and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1991-03-07 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A general survey of Roman wall painting from the second century B.C. through the fourth century A.D., traces the origins, chronological development, subjects, techniques, and social context of the influential art form.
Author : Matthew Symonds
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN 13 : 9781350105348
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Hadrian's Wall written by Matthew Symonds and published by Bloomsbury Academic. This book was released on 2021-01-14 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over its venerable history, Hadrian's Wall has had an undeniable influence in shaping the British landscape, both literally and figuratively. Once thought to be a soft border, recent research has implicated it in the collapse of a farming civilisation centuries in the making, and in fuelling an insurgency characterised by violent upheaval. Examining the everyday impact of the Wall over the three centuries it was in operation, Matthew Symonds sheds new light on its underexplored human story by discussing how the evidence speaks of a hard border scything through a previously open landscape and bringing dramatic change in its wake. The Roman soldiers posted to Hadrian's Wall were overwhelmingly recruits from the empire's occupied territories, and for them the frontier could be a place of fear and magic where supernatural protection was invoked during spells of guard duty. Since antiquity, the Wall has been exploited by powers craving the legitimacy that came with being accepted as the heirs of Rome: it helped forge notions of English and Scottish nationhood, and even provided a model of selfless cultural collaboration when the British Empire needed reassurance. It has also inspired creatives for centuries, appearing in a more or less recognisable guise in works ranging from Rudyard Kipling's Puck of Pook's Hill to George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones. Combining an archaeological analysis of the monument itself and an examination of its rich legacy and contemporary relevance, this volume presents a reliable, modern perspective on the Wall.
Author : William Hutton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108083951
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (8 download)
Download or read book The History of the Roman Wall, Which Crosses the Island of Britain from the German Ocean to the Irish Sea written by William Hutton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This account of a walk along Hadrian's Wall was first published in 1802; the 1813 second edition is reissued here.
Author : Rob Collins
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136291415
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)
Download or read book Hadrian's Wall and the End of Empire written by Rob Collins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no synthetic or comprehensive treatment of any late Roman frontier in the English language to date, despite the political and economic significance of the frontiers in the late antique period. Examining Hadrian’s Wall and the Roman frontier of northern England from the fourth century into the Early Medieval period, this book investigates a late frontier in transition from an imperial border zone to incorporation into Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, using both archaeological and documentary evidence. With an emphasis on the late Roman occupation and Roman military, it places the frontier in the broader imperial context. In contrast to other works, Hadrian’s Wall and the End of Empire challenges existing ideas of decline, collapse, and transformation in the Roman period, as well as its impact on local frontier communities. Author Rob Collins analyzes in detail the limitanei, the frontier soldiers of the late empire essential for the successful maintenance of the frontiers, and the relationship between imperial authorities and local frontier dynamics. Finally, the impact of the end of the Roman period in Britain is assessed, as well as the influence that the frontier had on the development of the Anglian kingdom of Northumbria.
Author : John Warburton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.+/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Vallum Romanum: Or, The History and Antiquities Of The Roman Wall Commonly Called the Picts Wall, In Cumberland and Northumberland ... written by John Warburton and published by . This book was released on 1753 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Theresa Breslin
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780713674569
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (745 download)
Download or read book Across the Roman Wall written by Theresa Breslin and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2005-07-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The minute that Marubetta meets Lucius, she hates him - pompous, stuck-up nephew of a Roman official! He thinks that, as a Briton, she is terribly provincial and she finds him arrogant and big-headed. But the year is 397 AD and life in Roman Britain is getting dangerous. And when Marinetta's home, close to Hadrian's Wall, is raided, Marinetta and Lucius are forced to act together.
Author : Mark Richards
Publisher : Cicerone Press Limited
ISBN 13 : 1787650103
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (876 download)
Download or read book Hadrian's Wall Path written by Mark Richards and published by Cicerone Press Limited. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential guidebook to walking the 135km (84 mile) Hadrian's Wall Path. One of the UK's most visited National Trails, it runs the length of the Roman Wall from Bowness-on-Solway in Cumbria to Wallsend, Newcastle. The trail is presented here in 10 stages, with suggestions for five and eight-day itineraries. It is suitable for beginners, although a reasonable level of fitness is required if doing it as a multi-day walk. The route is described both west to east and east to west, and the guidebook also features an extension through Newcastle to South Shields on the east coast. This guidebook contains a wealth of information on the history of the Wall, and a range of practical information for walkers, from accommodation and itinerary planning, to details on public transport and refreshments. A separate map booklet of 1:25,000 scale OS maps shows the full route. Clear step-by-step route descriptions in the guide are illustrated by 1:100,000 OS map extracts. The route description links together with the map booklet at each stage along the way, and the compact format is conveniently sized for slipping into a jacket pocket or the top of a rucksack.
Author : David J. Breeze
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Hadrian's Wall written by David J. Breeze and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gordon Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781898481430
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (814 download)
Download or read book Hadrian's Wall Path written by Gordon Smith and published by . This book was released on 2011-05-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ?Hadrians Wall Path runs for 86 miles from Bowness-on-Solway to Wallsend along the line of the Roman Wall completed in AD122 under the Emperor Hadrian. This National Trail crosses northern England from Irish Sea to North Sea and offers many chances to look at the forts, milecastles and interpretation centers within this UNESCO World Heritage Site. This guidebook contains all youll need to plan, and enjoy a classic weeks walking.
