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Showing posts with label Hadrian's Wall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hadrian's Wall. Show all posts
Monday, June 14, 2021

Book Spotlight and Excerpt: Guardians at the Wall By Tim Walker

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  Archaeology student Noah scrapes the soil near Hadrian ’ s Wall, once a barrier that divided Roman Britannia from wild Caledonian tribes, ...
Tuesday, May 29, 2018

An Eagle with a Blood-soaked Beak: Antonine Wall Carvings Warned Scottish Tribes to Obey, Or Else!

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Ancient Origins The Romans were not afraid of getting graphic if it would incite fear and compliance in their enemies. X-rays and lase...
Wednesday, October 11, 2017

True Path of Hadrian's Wall Excavated in Newcastle

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Ancient Origins A previously recorded stretch of Hadrian's Wall has been rediscovered in Newcastle in northeastern England. Resea...
Thursday, September 28, 2017

Two Roman Cavalry Swords and Two Toy Swords Amongst Treasures Found at Frontier Fort

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Ancient Origins Evidence of both work and play have been found at a Roman fort near Hadrian’s Wall in the UK. Two Roman swords as well ...
Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Dividing Us From Them

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Made From History BY COLIN RICKETTS The Roman Empire became very cosmopolitan, containing many races and cultures and granting limit...
Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Does the Fierce Reputation of The Picts Reflect Reality?

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Ancient Origins It’s not that the Picts, a group of British Isle inhabitants, were that different from native Britons around the fourt...
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Thursday, October 27, 2016

Adidas of Ancient Rome: Ancient Fashion Unveiled with Discovery of Roman Shoe Hoard

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Ancient Origins A team of archeologists has discovered more than 400 ancient Roman shoes in the Vindolanda fort in Northumberland, Engl...
Wednesday, March 23, 2016

A brief history of Hadrian's Wall

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History Extra Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. (Loop Images/UIG via Getty Images) The wall that runs across norther...
Sunday, September 13, 2015

History Trivia - Construction of Hadrian's Wall begins.

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Sept 13  585 BC Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrated a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender o...
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Friday, August 14, 2015

The Roman invasion: Whose side were the Britons on?

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Romans and their enemies clash in a second-century relief sculpture. (Credit: AAA Collection) History Extra The Roman invasion of ...