Hadrian's Wall
(2018)

Nonfiction

eAudiobook

Provider: hoopla

Details

PUBLISHED
[United States] : Tantor Audio, 2018
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (1 audio file (3hr., 15 min.)) : digital

ISBN/ISSN
9781977323897 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT12097274, 1977323898 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 12097274
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Read by Derek Perkins

Stretching eighty miles from coast to coast across northern England, Hadrian's Wall is the largest Roman artifact known today. It is commonly viewed as a defiant barrier, the end of the empire, a place where civilization stopped and barbarism began. In fact, the massive structure remains shrouded in mystery. Was the wall intended to keep out the Picts, who inhabited the North? Or was it merely a symbol of Roman power and wealth? What was life like for soldiers stationed along its expanse? How was the extraordinary structure built-with what technology, skills, and materials? In Hadrian's Wall, Adrian Goldsworthy embarks on a historical and archeological investigation, sifting fact from legend while simultaneously situating the wall in the wider scene of Roman Britain. The result is a concise and enthralling history of a great architectural marvel of the ancient world

Mode of access: World Wide Web

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