Breaking Down Hadrian's Wall | History Traveler Episode 377

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  @TheHistoryUnderground · 2 years ago · pinned

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• DI

  @dimwitt461 · 2 years ago

  What really impressed me was the stones that were quarried to build all the fortifications and the mortar used to hold them. The sheer volume of stones needed in such a relatively short amount of time. The fact that after 2000 years, some of those stones are as solidly adhered as when they were placed. The number of people used in the construction is mind blowing when you realize the dimensions of the wall.

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  @PastPreservation1 · 2 years ago

  Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were in court this last spring and summer.<br><br>A prosecutor said the value of the roughly 150-year-old beloved tree that was toppled onto Hadrian’s Wall in northern England last year exceeded 620,000 pounds ($785,000).

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  @colinclark1961 · 10 months ago

  Sorry it’s taking so long to find this fantastic channel the show about Hadrian wall and the bit about sycamore gap was excellent its really close to home the sycamore is showing signs of life

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  @Geejay60 · 2 years ago

  Hi JD, I’m so glad that you featured the Sycamore Gap, such an act of Eco Terrorism carried out by the two suspects currently going through the judicial system! I really hope they get their just desserts if found guilty!

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  @jeffe9842 · 2 years ago

  I&apos;ve known about Hadrian&apos;s Wall since I was a child, only that it existed and that it was on the far edge of the Roman Empire. I never knew any details about it. This was an excellent series on the Wall. It really enlightened me, JD. Well done.

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  @Wreckdiver59 · 2 years ago

  Beautiful country. I&apos;ve watched other series where people walk the entire length of the wall, but they were more concerned with making so many miles in a day rather than explaining the features along the way. I appreciate the more detailed information 👍

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  @barbaramai7610 · 2 years ago

  Thank you, JD, for choosing to do this series. &nbsp;Like you, I find it all not only intriguing but amazing as well. &nbsp;To think that much of the wall and its necessary structures are still standing after so many centuries boggles the mind! &nbsp;They don&apos;t build &apos;em like that any more.

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  @mommamooney · 2 years ago

  I’m glad you did this series. British history directly speaks to our history here in the US

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  @NDB469 · 2 years ago

  This series has been tremendously entertaining in my opinion

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  @dimitristoupakisAT · 2 years ago (edited)

  As somebody who lives in what&apos;s used to be the roman &apos;Province Noricum&apos; (or the celtic/noric state of Noricum before that) with &apos;Virunum&apos; (located on the &apos;Zollfeld&apos; in todays Carinthia/Austria) as the capital and seat of the roman governor when the Roman Empire marched/expanded up north, these awesome episodes were right down my alley, well done! 👏 All the achievements of the romans and all the logistics behind them (the Limes in Germany, Hadrians Wall in Britain and and and..) never cease to amaze me. They&apos;ve basically always been prepared and ready to build things.<br><br>Each legion had a squad of engineers, sappers, and various kinds of craftsmen called &apos;fabri&apos; (Fabri were workers, craftsmen, or artisans in Roman society). The commander of the fabri was &apos;prefectus fabrum&apos;- a man with great knowledge in the exact/respective sciences, and the commanders of the engineering troops belonged to the strict staff of the legion commander. Each legionary carried tools for engineering works, which increased the &apos;engineering strength&apos; of the legion, because legionaries could thus perform most of the fortification, siege and construction works, requiring only professional supervision. <br><br>Each Roman legion had a legionary fort as its permanent base. When on the march- particularly in enemy territory, the legion would construct a fortified camp or &apos;castra&apos;, using only earth, turf and timber. Camp construction was the responsibility of engineering units to which specialists of many types belonged, officered by &apos;architecti&apos; (engineers), from a class of troops known as &apos;immunes&apos; who were excused from regular duties. These engineers would requisition manual labour from the soldiers at large as required. A legion could throw up a camp under enemy attack in a few hours. The names of the different types of camps apparently represent the amount of investment: &apos;tertia castra&apos;, &apos;quarta castra&apos;- &apos;a camp of three days&apos;, &apos;four days&apos;, etc.<br> <br>The engineers were also responsible for the construction of bridges. The army built three types of bridges for its needs. If the current of the river was not too fast, boats were used to cross the current. The second type is a bridge built on twenty supports made of stone blocks, the upper part of the bridge was made of wood. The third way to build was to build a bridge entirely of stone.

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  @roygarciaazborn64 · 2 years ago

  It&apos;s totally impressive knowing that no mechanized equipment was used to construct this wall. Its flabbergasting knowing also that it was perhaps all built by hand. Truly is a work of engineering genius.

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