The Roman Wall: A historical, topographical, and descriptive account of the barrier of the lower isthmus, extending from the Tyne to the Solway, deduced from numerous personal surveys — John Shaqi
The Roman Wall: A historical, topographical, and descriptive account of the barrier of the lower isthmus, extending from the Tyne to the Solway, deduced from numerous personal surveysBruce, J. Collingwood (John Collingwood)
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The Roman Wall: A historical, topographical, and descriptive account of the barrier of the lower isthmus, extending from the Tyne to the Solway, deduced from numerous personal surveys
Bruce, J. Collingwood (John Collingwood)
Great Britain -- Antiquities, Roman; Walls, Roman -- Great Britain
4. Initial letter—altar from Corbridge 1
5. Coin of Claudius—DE BRITANNIS 4
6. Coin of Vespasian—ROMA RESURGES 6
7. Coin of Hadrian—ADVENTUS BRITANNIÆ 11
8. Coin of Hadrian—BRITANNIA 12
9. Coin of Severus—VICTORIÆ BRITTANICÆ 19
10. Coin of Carausius—reverse, a galley 22
11. Coin of Carausius—reverse, a lion 22
12. Coin of Magnentius—reverse, Christian monogram 24
13. Base of column—Housesteads 24
PART II.—A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE LINE OF THE 43
WALL.
14. Initial Letter—Roman Nails 43
15. Plan of Barrier between CILURNUM and MAGNA—Plan of _facing_
CILURNUM[1] and contiguous Works—Plans of 45
individual Stations
16. Section of Works, near eighteenth mile-stone 52
17. Section of Works, west of Carraw 52
18. Mural Slab—ALA II. ASTURUM 61
19. Altar to Fortune—COH. I. BATAVORUM 62
20. Altar to Jupiter—COH. I. TUNGRORUM 63
21. Written-Rock, on the river Gelt _facing_
81
22. Letters on the Written-Rock 82
23. Form of Wall-Stone 83
24. Junction of the west wall of Birdoswald with the 84
Wall
25-27. Broaching of the Wall Stones 85
28-31. Marks on the Stones 86
32. Sections and Elevations of the Masonry of the Wall _facing_
89
33. Herring-bone Masonry 91
34. Written-Rock at Fallow-field-fell 102
PART III.-LOCAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WORKS. 103
35. Initial Letters—Balusters from the Wall 103
36. Altar to Jupiter—COH. IV. LINGONUM 109
37. Plan of Wallsend, SEGEDUNUM; Section of Mountain _facing_
and Works at Bradley 113
38. Wallsend, looking East _facing_
115
39. Plan of PONS ÆLII _facing_
126
40. Mercury, PONS ÆLII 129
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