The Antonine Wall
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The Antonine Wall

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Antonine Wall

About this book

As the most advanced frontier construction of its time, and as definitive evidence of the Romans' time in Scotland, the Antonine Wall is an invaluable and fascinating part of this country's varied and violent history. For a generation, from about AD 140 to 160, the Antonine Wall was the north-west frontier of the Roman Empire. Constructed by the Roman army, it ran from modern Bo'ness on the Forth to Old Kilpatrick on the Clyde and consisted of a turf rampart fronted by a wide and deep ditch.

At regular intervals were forts connected by a road, while outside the fort gates clustered civil settlements. Antoninus Pius, whom the wall was named after, reigned longer than any other emperor with the exception of its founder Augustus. Yet relatively little is known about him.

In this meticulously researched book, David Breeze examines this enigmatic life and the reasons for the construction and abandonment of his Wall.

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Information

Publisher
Origin
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781780273235
eBook ISBN
9781788852739

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Introduction
  7. I. Antoninus Pius
  8. II. Sources
  9. III. The Roman Army
  10. IV. The Invasion of Scotland
  11. V. The Antonine Wall
  12. VI. Military Deployment
  13. VII. Life on the Edge
  14. VIII. The Function of the Antonine Wall
  15. IX. The End of the Antonine Wall
  16. X. Grim’s Dyke
  17. XI. Final Thoughts
  18. Appendices
  19. Further Reading
  20. Index