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Bezig met laden... Hadrian's wall (editie 2018)door Adrian Goldsworthy
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.   ) Shrike58 | Jul 9, 2020 |  The book was both brief, and at times lacked Goldsworthy's normally interesting and informative writing style. Particularly in the early sections, I found his descriptions somewhat confusing. Inexplicably, the book was published in an undersized format. Accordingly, the text, particularly when accompanying photographs, can be difficult to read. Further, many of black-and-white photos do not clearly illustrate their subject. Overall, a far cry the author's typically outstanding standing works. ( ) la2bkk | Jun 14, 2020 | Adrian Goldsworthy brings us up right up to on the latest hypothesis' and theories of Hadrian's Wall, considering how it functioned, how it was built and whether it served a military function or it was just a demonstration of power to the marauding tribes. By drawing on the recent archaeological discoveries, in particular, the details gleaned from the tablets discovered at Vindolanda, he pieces together a vivid picture of how life would be there for a soldier on the furthest outpost from Rome. It is a beautifully produced book, full of maps, photos and images of what we know of life in the UK 2000 years ago; definitely a book for any lover of Roman history. ( ) PDCRead | Apr 6, 2020 | ) Arkrayder | Feb 7, 2019 | ) Osdolai | Jan 20, 2019 |
Hadrian’s Wall is unquestionably the most impressive and monumental frontier system from the Roman Empire. The wall is a major tourist destination, where one can hike the 84-mile path from the River Tyne to the Solway Firth, stopping along the way at well-curated museums at Vindolanda, Carvoran and Birdoswald, not mention enough pubs to fuel the journey. This book is a brief survey of the wall and its garrison. Goldsworthy himself states that the project is less about Hadrian’s Wall than about the Roman army on Hadrian’s Wall. This is well within his bailiwick, as prior to departing academia for a career as a popular writer and public ambassador for the Classics, Goldsworthy wrote an Oxford DPhil thesis on the Imperial Roman army, which subsequently was published as a landmark book on the topic. Onderdeel van de uitgeversreeks(en)
From an award-winning historian of ancient Rome, a definitive history of Hadrian's Wall. 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 archaeological 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.--Publisher. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)936.2881History and Geography Ancient World Europe north and west of Italian Peninsula to ca. 499 England and Wales to 410LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (3.3)
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