The wall : Rome's greatest frontier / Alistair Moffat.
The wall : Rome's greatest frontier / Alistair Moffat.
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Publisher
Edinburgh : Birlinn Ltd., 2008.
Date
2008.
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N936.2881/2
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvi, 270 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
Introduction Remembering the Empire -- 1 Caesar, Claudius and the Elephants -- 2 Britannia Barbarica -- 3 The North Road -- 4 Dinner on the Stone Road -- 5 The Day the Empire Came -- 6 Let One Stone Stand Upon Another -- 7 Abandonment, Invasion and Desertion -- 8 After Britannia -- 9 Days on the Wal...
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Publisher
Edinburgh : Birlinn Ltd., 2008.
Place of Publication
Scotland
Date Published
2008.
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Summary
"Hadrian's Wall is the largest, most spectacular and one of the most enigmatic historical monuments in Britain. Nothing else approaches its vast scale: a land wall running 73 miles from east to west and a sea wall stretching at least 26 miles down the Cumbrian coast." "Built in a ten-year period by more than 30,000 soldiers and labourers at the beh...
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The wall : Rome's greatest frontier / Alistair Moffat.
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General note
TV tie-in.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-256) and index.
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N936.2881/2
Record Identifier
74VMj8pzvq3g
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMj8pzvq3g
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ISBN
9781841586755 (hbk.)
1841586757 (hbk.)
DDC
936.2881
MMS ID
991001198619702626
