Engineering an Empire - Rome 7of10

One of the most powerful civilizations in history, the Roman Empire roled the world for more than five centuries. Although renowned for its military prowess, Rome s real power stemmed from its unprecedented mastery of urban planning and engineering.

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[euphoriagrowing]

thumbs up if watching this for school

[Brera011]

Hadrian's wall, the Roman version of the Great wall in China.

[Suppressingfire]

@Brera011 you forgot the Massive Theodosian Walls of Constantinople :P

[gsmonks]

First off, the wall in Britain is only one of Hadrian's walls. Secondly, notice the gates? The walls did not keep people out or in. What they did was control traffic and trade. Like the border between Canada and the US, people who really wanted to got across, usually a few at a time.

As a defensive structure the walls were useless. The Picts crossed the wall in Britain whenever they felt like it. The walls were overrun numerous times.

[Heyprinny]

@Brera011 Except the enemies of China just walked around its wall. Hadrian's wall worked.

[CapAmerica360]

I didn't think Britannia was a real place... heh... Oh history I love you <3

[KingOfThe4Way]

holy shit that wall is crazy

[AnonNumberZero]

@iparra393 I love history :D

[SauronsLeftNut]

@DeCommer1 No, what he said was a mixing that goes uncontrolled... difference to "uncontrolled mixing

[iparra393]

school? i watch this for fun B)

[DeCommer1]

@LaserBeam002 He said "uncontrolled" mixing.

[LaserBeam002]

Hadrians wall was not meant to be a defensive wall only. It was more a border marker. That is to mark the end of the empire. It was also meant to simply monitor the comings and goings of the local population. One of the historians here said it was to stop the "mixing" but that is wrong. A thriving commerce developed between the romans stationed at the wall and the local population. This must be a rather old documentary because it doesn't cover more recent archeology discoveries.