Hadrian's Wall

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Label

Hadrian's Wall

Statement of responsibility

Adrian Goldsworthy

Title variation

Hadrians Wall

Creator

• Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith,
• trueGoldsworthy, Adrian Keith

Author

• Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith,

Subject

• 55 B.C.-449 A.D
• England, Northern -- History
• Great Britain
• Great Britain
• trueGreat Britain -- History -- Roman period 55 B.C.-449 A.D
• Great Britain -- History -- Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D
• trueHadrian's Wall
• Hadrian's Wall (England)
• Hadrian's Wall (England) -- History
• History
• trueHistory writing -- Ancient -- Rome
• trueHistory writing -- Europe | United Kingdom
• trueRoman Britain (55 BCE-449 CE) -- -55 -- 449
• trueRomans in Great Britain
• England -- Hadrian's Wall
• England, Northern
• England, Northern

Genre

• trueHistory
• trueHistory writing

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

Writing style

• trueConcise
• trueRichly detailed

Cataloging source

ZGR

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

Target audience

adult