... Hadrian's Wall, built by the Romans in AD 122 to keep out the unruly Scots (page 25). 8. Turn to page 23 for the best plan on when— and how— to tackle South America's classic jungle-and-mountain trek. SAFETY MADE SIMPLE FOR TRAVELERS ...
... Hadrian's Wall, a stone-and-turf fortification the Romans built in AD 122 to keep Scottish tribes from raiding Britain. The fells, or treeless grassy hills, are wind- worn proof of the gusts strong enough to rip hikers off their feet ...
... walls have marked boundaries and defined borders for millenniums. At countless sites, from Hadrian's Wall in Britain to the Native American ruins in New Mexico's Chaco Canyon, well-crafted walls still stand after a thousand or more ...
... Hadrian's Wall was held by the auxiliaries, with a legion in support at York. Wales was pinned down by a legion at Chester and another at Caerleon-on-Usk. In all, the army of occupation numbered less than forty thousand men, and after a ...
... Hadrian's Wall to fend off the Picts of Scotland. The legendary Arthur tried to stay the Saxon hordes. Alfred the Great, Canute and Harold the Saxon each made his stand in defense of his crown. Religion, too, came to Britain in waves ...
... wall off the entire country. In a darkly poetic touch, the historical Hadrian's Wall - built by the Roman Empire to protect the south of Great Britain from the north - is rebuilt to contain the Reaper virus within Scotland. With the ...
... Hadrian's Wall. We followed an ancient wall along the edge of the cliffs all the way to the top of St. Bee's Head. The wall was not indicated on any map; it was not a designated historic site; no one locally even seemed to know anything ...
... Hadrian's Wall in Great Britain. Our notion of the material's usefulness, however, is mostly limited to huts and ... walls to crack, construction takes place only during the winter months. Each floor is given eight months to a year ...
... wall, Hadrian's wall, Limes Germanicus. the medieval castle, the Maginot line, the British Channel, the German (defensive) submarine program, and the Siegfried line may have provided respite on occasion, but they did not endure long ...