Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith, <br/><br/>
Hadrian's Wall / 
Adrian Goldsworthy. 
 - New York :  Basic Books,  2018. 
 - xx, 169 pages :  illustrations, maps, plans ;  20 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-158) and index. 
<br/><br/>Britannia: outpost of empire -- Hadrian: the man, the emperor, and the grand design -- Building and manning the wall: legions and auxilia -- Fresh minds: Antoninus Pius to Septimus Severus -- The anatomy of Hadrian's wall -- Forts and towns: soldiers and civilians -- Life on the wall -- How Hadrian's wall worked: understanding the evidence -- Changing times and the end of empire -- Visiting Hadrian's wall -- Appendix: The known and probable garrisons of the forts on Hadrian's wall. 
<br/><br/> 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? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781541644427 1541644425 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2017963177 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Romans--England, Northern.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Hadrian's Wall (England)--History.<br/>Great Britain--History--Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D.<br/>England, Northern--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DA146  / .G65 2018 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>936.2/881