Hadrian's Wall : a life /

In Hadrian's Wall: A Life, Richard Hingley addresses the post-Roman history of this world-famous ancient monument. Constructed on the orders of the emperor Hadrian during the 120s AD, the Wall was maintained for almost three centuries before ceasing to operate as a Roman frontier during the fif...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hingley, Richard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Temas:
55 B.C.-449 A.D
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
Hadrian's Wall (England) > History.
Great Britain > History > Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D.
England, Northern > History.
Mur d'Hadrien (Angleterre) > Histoire.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 55 av. J.-C.-449 (Période romaine)
England > Hadrian's Wall.
Northern England.
Great Britain.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A living wall
  • Hadrian's Wall
  • Heavenfield: Christian inspirations
  • Lanercost Priory: the wall and the English border
  • Ellenborough (Maryport): recognizing roman civility in the border landscape
  • Castlesteads: reviving interest in the wall
  • Newcastle and Carlisle: reconstructing the Roman wall
  • The Mithraeum at Borcovicium (Housesteads): reasons to be cheerful?
  • Wallington Hall: native troops on the wall
  • The Clayton wall: 'a new era in antiquarian research'
  • The Roman gate at Hunnum (Halton Chesters): ethnographic time
  • Birdoswald: scientific archaeology
  • Whin Sill: defending ancient springs
  • The gateway at South Shields: the Romanization of Tyneside
  • The Hadrian's Wall path national trail: the inclusive monument
  • Conclusions: the archaeological imagination.

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