Tom Holland on Rome’s golden age
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The Wall of Nero
Hadrian built the wall as part of a general programme to stabilise the frontiers. It is not in any way an admission of defeat, he says. Walls are built guarding against tribal incursions from Africa. But I think there is also an ideological dimension to it. The world is theirs to do with as they please - and if they want to, they can.
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