Walls, They Are Ineffective At Keeping People Out

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Re: Walls, They Are Ineffective At Keeping People Out

Post by Rum » Sun Jan 13, 2019 11:24 am

To bring Roman Britain right up into one's face I can think of nothing better that Vindolanda - about 20 minutes away. I've visited three or four times and get something new from it each time.

http://www.vindolanda.com/

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Post by Scot Dutchy » Sun Jan 13, 2019 11:49 am

Is that one sausage is 130 kcals Brian?
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Post by Scot Dutchy » Sun Jan 13, 2019 11:52 am

Brian Peacock wrote:
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The Antonine Wall is not far from me.
Not much to see either. The Border families were worse than the Highlanders.
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Post by Brian Peacock » Sun Jan 13, 2019 12:00 pm

Yeah, they nicked the stone to build their hovels - no respect for Britain's noble historical past. All that will change come Brexit-day! As for the calories in sausage - well, you can eat as many as you like as long as you don't swallow.
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Post by Brian Peacock » Sun Jan 13, 2019 12:04 pm

Rum wrote:
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To bring Roman Britain right up into one's face I can think of nothing better that Vindolanda - about 20 minutes away. I've visited three or four times and get something new from it each time.

http://www.vindolanda.com/
What a horrible website. Those Romans were famously shit at web design. I visited the catacombs in Rome many years ago - don't remember much about it as I was in love and passed most of my time in a state of rampant inebriation.
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Post by Rum » Sun Jan 13, 2019 12:09 pm

Brian Peacock wrote:
Sun Jan 13, 2019 12:04 pm
Rum wrote:
Sun Jan 13, 2019 11:24 am
To bring Roman Britain right up into one's face I can think of nothing better that Vindolanda - about 20 minutes away. I've visited three or four times and get something new from it each time.

http://www.vindolanda.com/
What a horrible website. Those Romans were famously shit at web design. I visited the catacombs in Rome many years ago - don't remember much about it as I was in love and passed most of my time in a state of rampant inebriation.
I agree about the web site. It is crap and it doesn’t do justice to the centre at all. The boggy land in those parts preserved all sorts of mundane stuff. There’s even a letter from a mum to another thanking her for an invitation to a child’s birthday party. Brings every day Roman life very much to life.

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Post by Scot Dutchy » Sun Jan 13, 2019 12:21 pm

That those clay post-its?
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Re: Walls, They Are Ineffective At Keeping People Out

Post by Animavore » Fri Jan 25, 2019 11:11 am

They can be very effective at keeping people in. See The Siege of Münster and the Siege of Jerusalem.
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