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Posted: 14 Oct 2017

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1/200 • f/8.0 • 84.0 mm • ISO 125 •

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Frontiers of the Roman Empire (2xPiP)

Frontiers of the Roman Empire (2xPiP)
118 km long Hadrian's wall was erected 122 a.D. under emperor Hadrian. It runs roughly between Carlisle and Newcastle making use of natural features like Whin Sill and was fortified with a ditch and various forts, one of which was Vercovicium/ Housesteads Roman Fort.
whc.unesco.org/en/list/430
www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/housesteads-roman-fort-hadrians-wall

Der 118km lange Hadrianswall wurde 122 n.Chr. unter Kaiser Hadrian im Norden Englands errichtet und verläuft etwa zwischen Carlisle und Newcastle an der schmalsten Stelle der Insel. Der Wall war mit Gräben und verschiedenen Forts befestigt. Eines davon war Vercovicium/ Housesteads Roman Fort. Der Hadrianswall ist zusammen mit den Antonine Wall (Schottland) und dem Limes UNESCO Weltkulturerbe.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrianswall
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vercovicium



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 Tanja - Loughcrew
Tanja - Loughcrew club
Mich zerreissts fast beim Ansehen...wunderbar...grad dieses Wetter zu dieser Landschaft!
Das Schöne ist, dass die Ausläufer des Hadrianswall keine 20km bei mir entfernt vorbei *laufen* und ich somit diese Verbindung habe ;)
6 years ago.
 slgwv
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First Anglo-Saxons (and other continental Germanic peoples), then their cousins the Vikings a few centuries after that! ;) Someone--Keegan again, I think--noted that England is the only place in western Europe that was part of the Empire where a Latin language is not spoken today.
6 years ago.
 Gudrun
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Yes, Britain has had a rather turbulent history! In the North the Danish/ Viking influence was much stronger than further south and still shows in place names and some words.
They don't speak a Latin language but a lot of English words nevertheless have Latin roots. I suspect that has more to do with the Norman conquest than with the Romans though;-)
6 years ago.
 Gudrun
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Thanks very much, Rosa! The drizzle was rather unpleasant at times but it added to the atmosphere. It was rather difficult keeping the camera dry;-)
6 years ago.
 Gudrun
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Tausend Dank, Tanja! Irgendwie passte der Nieselregen schon. Der war die typisch britische Sorte, die alles in Kürze gründlich nass macht. Regenschirm festklemmen und drunter vor fotografieren war nicht ganz einfach;-)
Bei dir läuft der Limes in der Nähe vorbei, cool! Bei meiner Uroma/Großtante im Remstal war ein hölzerner Wachturm nachgebaut, da waren wir als Kinder öfters.
6 years ago.

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