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Hadrian's Wall - Everyday Life on a Roman Frontier (Paperback)
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Hadrian's Wall - Everyday Life on a Roman Frontier (Paperback)
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List price R409
Loot Price R334
Discovery Miles 3 340
You Save R75 (18%)
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Hadrian's Wall is a major World Heritage site, set in stunning
countryside in Cumbria and Northumberland, where the Wall and its
forts are the most visited Roman remains in Britain. It runs
through the narrow gap across the Pennines between the Solway
Estuary in the west to the appropriately named Wallsend on the
River Tyne in the east. For much of its length it is still visible,
especially in the central sector where it runs along the
north-facing cliff known as Whin Sill. Building started around AD
122 after the Emperor Hadrian visited the north of Britain and
inspected sites in person to mark out the line of his new frontier.
Hundreds of Roman legionaries from Chester, Caerleon and York
marched north to quarry the stone and build the Wall, which took
several years to complete. This book tells the story of how the
Wall was built and manned by Roman soldiers, what life was like on
the frontier and what happened to it when the Romans left.
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