The Roman Wall

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Richardson, 1852
 

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Side 29 - Horsley thus states:—"That the southern prospect of Hadrian's work, and the defence on that side, is generally better than on the north; whereas the northern prospect and defence have been principally or only taken care of in the Wall of Severus...
Side 2 - The Roman Wall ; an attempt to substantiate the claims of Severus to the authorship of the Roman Wall.
Side 16 - he fortified Britain with a wall drawn across the island, and ending on each side at the sea ; which was the chief glory of his reign, and for which he received the name of 'Britannicus'.
Side 16 - Britannicus (Britanniam, quod maximum eius imperii decus est, muro per transversam insulam ducto, utrimque ad finem oceani munivit : unde etiam Britannici nomen accepit.
Side 37 - Severus was sinking rapidly under his bodily infirmities, and he was at this moment suffering under so severe an attack of his disease, that he was unable to walk or ride. The troops, murmuring at his absence, and agitated by the intrigues of his worthless son, saluted Caracalla with the imperial...
Side 17 - Hadrian — went to Britain where he corrected many things, and first drew a wall eighty miles long to separate the Romans from the Barbarians.) If Spartian's authority is good in one case, it must be equally good in another.

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