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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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- 1 - Before the Wall: c. 55 BC to AD 122
- 2 - The Man Who Put Hadrian into Hadrian’s Wall
- 3 - Protecting the Empire
- 4 - Building the Wall: AD 122 to c. AD 142
- 5 - Antonine Interlude: c. AD 142 to c. AD 165
- 6 - Hadrian’s Wall from Marcus Aurelis to Severus: AD 161 to AD 211
- 7 - Living on the Wall: Soldiers and Civilians
- 8 - The Wall from Caracalla to the Accession of Diocletian: AD 211 to AD 284
- 9 - The Wall from the Late Third to the Mid-Fifth Century: AD 284 to c. AD 450
- 10 - How Did the Wall Work?
- Picture Section
- Notes
- Abbreviations
- Bibliography