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Hadrian's Wall lights up to mark 1600th anniversary of the end of Roman rule
Daily Mail (UK) ^
| 14th March 2010
| Rhianna King
Posted on 03/14/2010 5:45:20 PM PDT by naturalman1975
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To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/14/2010 5:46:56 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: naturalman1975
Too bad their aren’t any aerial shots from a distance, this would have been awesome to see.
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posted on
03/14/2010 5:47:37 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: naturalman1975
Interesting/historical/educational. Thanks for posting. BTTT!
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posted on
03/14/2010 5:49:53 PM PDT
by
PGalt
To: naturalman1975
OK, now THIS is cool!
I think I might have traveled there to see that, if I’d known about it in advance.
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posted on
03/14/2010 5:55:23 PM PDT
by
Redbob
(Pray for Pres.Osamabama: Psalm 109;v.7)
To: wagglebee
Maybe there is more photography - just wait a while and search. My father and uncle did a hiking trip of Hadrian’s Wall back in the mid-90s, before Dad’s Alheimer’s and my uncle’s stroke. They can both still talk about it, at least.
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posted on
03/14/2010 5:56:01 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Aw, CUSSWORDS!!!)
To: naturalman1975
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posted on
03/14/2010 5:58:27 PM PDT
by
FrdmLvr
("The people will believe what the media tells them they believe." Orwell)
To: naturalman1975
I’m still angry at the Romans for the oppression of my British and Celtic ancestors. I want reparations, with interest, from the Italians, and I want it NOW!
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posted on
03/14/2010 5:59:09 PM PDT
by
Hardastarboard
(Note to self: Never post in a thread about religion again.)
To: Tax-chick; wagglebee
All I can find so far.
As Tax-chick says, I expect more will emerge.
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posted on
03/14/2010 6:00:03 PM PDT
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: naturalman1975; SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/14/2010 6:00:10 PM PDT
by
Touch Not the Cat
(You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory; it is better to perish than to live a slave)
To: Hardastarboard
I want reparations, with interest, from the Italians, and I want it NOW! LOL!
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posted on
03/14/2010 6:00:52 PM PDT
by
livius
To: naturalman1975
That must have really been something to see. Thanks for posting!
There was an early 20th century childrens’ writer named Bryher who wrote what I thought was one of the best books on the end of the Empire. It starts as the child notices grass growing up between the stones on the Roman road. Very evocative.
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posted on
03/14/2010 6:03:56 PM PDT
by
livius
To: naturalman1975
"Better a year up the fundament of a Carthaginian Elephant, than another week on Hadrian's Wall..." (rumored grafitti, in Latin, inscribed on several points of Hadrian's Wall. I've long wanted to see the wall myself, to ascertain the validity, or not, of this rumaor...)
the infowarrior
To: naturalman1975
How Ironic..on the eve of the offical “Roman” takeover of the United States Republic.
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posted on
03/14/2010 6:07:03 PM PDT
by
Earthdweller
(Harvard won the election again...so what's the problem.......?)
To: Tax-chick
We loved Hadrian’s Wall, and intend to go back and walk it some summer. It’s just wonderful, this ancient thing, still standing.
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posted on
03/14/2010 6:08:16 PM PDT
by
bboop
(We don't need no stinkin' VAT)
To: livius
The Roman conquet of Britain began under the emperor Claudius, who was born in Lugdunum (Lyon, France)...so maybe the reparations should be collected from the French.
True, Claudius was of Roman and Sabine ancestry, but I figure that if being born in Hawaii makes a Kenyan an American, being born in Lyon would make Claudius French.
To: naturalman1975
Someone painted “Romans Go Home!” on it in huge letters, one hundred times.
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posted on
03/14/2010 6:09:38 PM PDT
by
Grizzled Bear
(Does not play well with others.)
To: bboop
My father and uncle were totally positive about their trip to Hadrian’s Wall. They also visited Viking Yorvik and some other sites in the general area. My mother and her friends have toured Britain, but they’re not hikers ;-).
I’m happy knowing it’s there, and having read Tacitus and some of the other sources. Maybe I’ll never go there, but I’ve “been,” in a way.
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posted on
03/14/2010 6:10:33 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Aw, CUSSWORDS!!!)
To: Verginius Rufus
Logic accepted - anything that allows Brits to be angry at the French will be :)
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posted on
03/14/2010 6:11:02 PM PDT
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: Hardastarboard
“Im still angry at the Romans for the oppression of my British and Celtic ancestors. I want reparations, with interest, from the Italians,...”
But the Italians abandoned the place, to go home and try to defend themselves.
The final succesors in Britain were French Vikings called Normans. So call Norway and Denmark, for your reparations.
They will probably tell you that you benefited from their “nation building” and the like.
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