Böcker av John Collingwood Bruce

Bruce's account of Hadrian's Wall is an essential text for anyone interested in Roman history or military engineering. With detailed descriptions and illustrations of the wall and its fortifications, Bruce's work remains a landmark achievement in the field of archaeology.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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After the success of his 1851 book on Hadrian's Wall, John Collingwood Bruce published this shorter work in 1863, intended as 'a guide to pilgrims journeying along the Barrier of the Lower Isthmus', designed 'to inform the traveller what he is to look for, and to assist him in examining it'.