Hadrian's Wall

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by Adrian Goldsworthy


  on battles, 13

  fighting style of northern tribes, 10–11

  food records, 99

  life of prefect, 77

  medicines and pharmacy, 78

  morning reports, 88

  relationship with northern tribes, 112

  on social life, 107

  trade along Hadrian’s Wall, 74, 107

  von Wedel, Lupold, 137

  Wade, General, 136

  Wales, control by Romans, 8

  walkway, on top of Hadrian’s Wall, 61–62

  Wall. See Hadrian’s Wall

  Wall miles, system and conversions, xx

  Wall of Aelius. See Vallum

  Wallsend fort, 22 (drawing)

  description, 22

  reconstruction, 70 (photo)

  vicus, 76

  visits to, 141

  Wallsend on the Tyne, xx, 20

  Walltown crags, 140

  weapons

  changes of third century AD, 121, 127, 130

  in turrets, 62, 65

  western section of Hadrian’s Wall, 36 (photo)

  construction, 20, 21, 36

  wife and children of soldiers, 84–85, 107–108

  workshops (fabricae), at forts, 92, 94

  writing tablets, 9, 10–11

  See also Vindolanda writing tablets

  XX Valeria Victrix legion, 10

  Zosimus, 128

 

 

 


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