HADRIAN'S WALL IN THE DAYS OF THE ROMANS by Embleton, Ronald & Frank Graham

Newxcastle upon Tyne, 1990, Frank Graham, 2nd printing, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, glossy page stock, hard bound in dust jacket, Fine/Fine condition, 320 pages, massively illustrated in B&W and color plates, maps and drawings. With well over 400 illustrations, 71 of them in colour, this book describes what the Roman Wall was like when in use. It tells us about the soldiers who built and garrisoned it and the civilians who lived in the towns and villages scattered along its length. Never before has such a grand attempt been made to show in vivid colourful detail the life of Roman Britain. Every building to be found inside the Roman forts and camps has been carefully reconstructed.The drawings by Ronald Embleton have already attracted world-wide notice and are acknowledged to be among the best reconstructions of Roman life both from an artistic and historical viewpoint.