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Posted on 06/01/2022 11:26:24 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists have discovered 134 ancient settlements north of Hadrian’s Wall from around the period of the Roman occupation.
Hadrian’s Wall (Vallum Aulium) was a defensive Roman fortification that ran 73 miles (116km) from Mais (Solway Firth) to the banks of the River Tyne at Segedunum (Wallsend).
Following Hadrian’s accession to the throne in AD 117, he constructed a wall like no other in the Roman world, a wall that was a physical expression of Rome’s power to solidify the Roman policy of defence and indicate the most northern frontier of the Empire.
Whether this would have deterred a threat from the northern tribes invading from Caledonia is unknown, with some scholars suggesting that the wall served to provide a means of immigration control and customs for taxation.
In AD 142, Emperor Antoninus Pius extended the frontier further north and constructed the Antonine Wall (Vallum Antonini). This wall ran 39 miles (62.7 km) and annexed lands formerly ruled by the Damnonii, Otadini, Novantae, and the Selgovae tribes.
Previous studies have mainly focused on the Roman archaeology, i.e. forts, road network, encampments and Roman settlements extending north into parts of Caledonia (Scotland) between the two walls...
The team discovered 134 previously unknown Iron Age settlements mainly consisting of ancient farmsteads inhabited by the indigenous tribal population of Caledonia. The Lidar data paints a fuller picture of the ancient landscape, revealing often dense distributions of sites dispersed across the region with a regularity that speaks of a highly organised settlement pattern.
The archaeologists are also surveying notable discoveries in greater detail using geophysics and applying radiocarbon dating to gain a more complete picture of the settlements.
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I plan on going to see part of this wall in about 6 weeks time as I will be visiting family in the area.
bttt
After seeing the headline, I wondered how some of Pfizer’s litigation paperwork ended over there.
Uneducated, backward people always migrate and attempt to settle near the more sophisticated and civilized. They know that they will live better.
Actually, a lot of The Great Wall is not that impressive either.
So the Adequate Wall?
Wildlings...
Yes, the Picts gave the Romans a very hard time, mostly because they fought asymmetrically, fierce guerilla warfare. The walls were to establish some kind of boundary between them and Rome. Didn’t seem to help much.
“Whether this would have deterred a threat from the northern tribes invading from Caledonia is unknown, with some scholars suggesting that the wall served to provide a means of immigration control and customs for taxation.”
At least they had a wall which is more than we can say for our current worthless libtard establishment 🤪
Libtards are more Stone Age than the ancient Romans 🤪
“with some scholars suggesting that the wall served to provide a means of immigration control and customs for taxation.”
It worked back then ... Why not now /s
Not even that, really. The place I saw was about an 18” tall stack of rubble. It’s really supposed to be a “line in the sand”. Actually, I heard that it wasn’t to keep the Romans in, but to keep the Scots out, symbolically. The Romans wanted no part of them!
When you are there check out the local buildings. Most of the stone work was taken from the wall. At one site a three story
Inn/Pub about 1/2 mile away was built 150 years ago using the stone work. Most of the farm buildings and houses the same way all along the wall.
Not really that uncommon everywhere. The old ruins are a great source of building material all over the world.
Coliseum in Rome is the biggest example.
Why not. Recycle!!!
Obviously not Democrat scholars.
I have read history. There was no civilization north of Hadrian’s Wall. You must believe this. Plus, those people north of the wall were not reproducing, therefore there cannot be any descendants running around these days. I have checked YouTube and my assertion is clearly true.
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