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nan s wan is perhaps the most spectacular
rial of the Roman Empire in Britain. It ran
cross hill and dale from the Tyne to the Solway
ividing Britain in
rian - a magnificent feat of Roman
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The authors of this book have looked deeply into
uestions of why it was built and howlit was
and have set their answers firmly in the
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!ng situation in northern Britain. From ti
melthe Romans would march north, and
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conquest of the island would be
ntemplated; from time to time the northern
5 wall to pillag
Romanfcrovince; but for three hunpred years
with very few lapses, the peace of the frontier was
regulated by the auxiliary troops along the wall,
when the Western Empire fell did the sold
away and the wall fall into decay.
masterpiece of the controlled use of
aeological and epigraphical evidence in a
rs
fluent narrative that will satisfy any level
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Fülszöveg
nan s wan is perhaps the most spectacular
rial of the Roman Empire in Britain. It ran
cross hill and dale from the Tyne to the Solway
ividing Britain in
rian - a magnificent feat of Roman
rin
The authors of this book have looked deeply into
uestions of why it was built and howlit was
and have set their answers firmly in the
J
:t of imperial frontier policy and the
!J . ,, , _ ¦ li.
!ng situation in northern Britain. From ti
melthe Romans would march north, and
¦j^M ¦ p BP ¦ ¦
conquest of the island would be
ntemplated; from time to time the northern
5 wall to pillag
Romanfcrovince; but for three hunpred years
with very few lapses, the peace of the frontier was
regulated by the auxiliary troops along the wall,
when the Western Empire fell did the sold
away and the wall fall into decay.
masterpiece of the controlled use of
aeological and epigraphical evidence in a
rs
fluent narrative that will satisfy any level
latt | 1 I to L I pn| g || + H *
Interest' - Ian Caruana in The Times Educational
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