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The graffiti left by the Romans working on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland
ChronicleLive ^ | March 2020 | unattributed

Posted on 03/08/2020 9:50:39 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

Dangling from an abseil rope 30ft up a river gorge rock face, archaeologist Jon Allison certainly felt close to the Romans who had worked on that same spot 1,800 years ago.

They left their mark in the shape of graffiti composed of inscriptions and carved faces, and studying the messages produced the sensation of the quarry work gang communicating across the centuries.

The carvings reveal that soldiers of the Second and 20th legions were detailed to operate in the quarry as part of the major repairing and re-building of Hadrian's Wall.

And as a serving soldier himself for 22 years, Jon imagined how the Roman troopers would have felt about being assigned to a task which was both hard graft and risky...

Jon, a former Army rock climbing instructor, took photographs of the inscriptions, which were used to create a 3D record of the writings near Gelt Wood, 5.5km south of the Wall near Brampton.

"...the inscriptions had not been inspected in detail since the early 1980s, when the path that led to them dropped into the river below.

(Excerpt) Read more at chroniclelive.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; graffiti; hadrianswall; romanempire; romans; vindolanda
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Jon Allison, front, photographing the inscriptions on the rock face. (Image: unknown)

Jon Allison, front, photographing the inscriptions on the rock face. (Image: unknown)

1 posted on 03/08/2020 9:50:39 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 03/08/2020 9:51:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

It says “Caesar didn’t kill himself”.


3 posted on 03/08/2020 9:55:39 PM PDT by Ken H (Best SOTU ever!)
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To: Ken H

Brilliant!


4 posted on 03/08/2020 9:56:35 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: SunkenCiv

“Kilroy was here “


5 posted on 03/08/2020 9:56:50 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ( “Politicians are not born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE).)
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To: Ken H

“Global Warming will kill us all in XII years”


6 posted on 03/08/2020 9:57:29 PM PDT by FirstFlaBn
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To: SunkenCiv

I was taught that graffiti had been most important in philology, especially studies in the development of romance languages from vulgar Latin. Classic Latin and Church Latin are rather static, whereas the graffiti on walls and Roman baths throughout the Empire show how modern languages developed.

The curses, “dirty words” and misspellings can show how people really spoke. There are wall writing over 2000 years old which translate “Caesar sucks”.


7 posted on 03/08/2020 10:03:04 PM PDT by DeFault User
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To: DeFault User
Quite a few ancient g's have survived from the Roman era, and not just because of Vesuvius. :^) In one of the Bay of Naples towns' cat houses, someone wrote, "may I always and everywhere be as potent with women as I was here." Wonder how he did? :^)

8 posted on 03/08/2020 10:09:00 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I hope there is no statute of limitation on vandalism.


9 posted on 03/08/2020 10:09:31 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Ken H

Ding, ding ding. You get the ribbon, my FRiend


10 posted on 03/08/2020 10:13:33 PM PDT by j.havenfarm ( Beginning my 20th year on FR! 2,500+ replies and still not shutting up!)
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The rest of the RomanEmpire keyword, chrono, no other editing, so, yow:

11 posted on 03/08/2020 10:14:28 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: FirstFlaBn
"Illegitimi non carborundum".

The other inscription translates to, "This glyph intentionally left blank".

12 posted on 03/08/2020 10:15:26 PM PDT by CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC ("Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt" - Pr. Herbert Hoover)
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To: nickcarraway
If not, the Vandals are in big trouble.

13 posted on 03/08/2020 10:16:24 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I’m pretty sure you set a FR record for most links included in a single post.


14 posted on 03/08/2020 10:18:37 PM PDT by Nachoman (Following victory, its best to reload.)
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To: faithhopecharity

“Kilroy was here “

On the fifth post.
Good job!


15 posted on 03/08/2020 10:24:17 PM PDT by oldvirginian (I know not what course others may take but as for me Give me Liberty or give me death)
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To: SunkenCiv

Hadrian’s Wall is the name of one of my favorite concertos by Felix Mendellsson. It’s usually played as the closing piece for his larger work called “The Scottish Symphony”.
Exciting, but still somehow quite melancholy.


16 posted on 03/08/2020 10:33:10 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Nachoman
I'm sure of it, but I don't think this was the thread. :^)

17 posted on 03/08/2020 10:37:59 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Ken H

Make Rome great again. Build this wall.


18 posted on 03/08/2020 10:52:13 PM PDT by max americana (Fired ONE libtard at work at every election since 2008 because I enjoy them crying)
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To: SunkenCiv

#11 How am I suppose to get a grasp of the subject when you post too few links? : )


19 posted on 03/08/2020 11:01:18 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: minnesota_bound
Consider me schooled. ;^)

20 posted on 03/08/2020 11:18:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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