Vallum Romanum: or, the history and antiquities of the Roman wall, commonly called the Picts wall, in Cumberland and Northumberland, built by Hadrian and Severus, the Roman Emperors, Seventy Miles in Length, to keep out the Northern picts and scots. In three books. I. Contains the ancient State of the wall, with an Account of the Legionary and Auxiliary Forces employed here in building of it; and the eighteen Cities or Stationary Towns standing thereon, called the Stations per Lincam Valli, with eighty-one Castles, and three Hundred and sixteen Forts, still visible. II. Contains a large Account of the present State of the Walls, and Military Roads, more particularly that now re-edifying at a National Expence, for the Passage of Troops and Carriages from Carlisle to Newcastle upon Tyne. III. Contains a compleat Collection of the Roman Inscriptions and Sculptures, which have hitherto been discovered on or near the Wall, with the Letters engraved in their proper Shape, and proportionate Size,

People / Organizations

• John Warburton (Author)
• Jacob Robinson ("printed for")

Imprint

London: printed for J. Millan, at Charing-Cross; J. Robinson, in Ludgate-Street; R. Baldwin, in Pater-Noster-Row; and J. Swan, near Northumberland-House, in the Strand, M.DCC.LIII. [1753]

Publication year

1753

ESTC No.

T145960

Grub Street ID

192650

Description

viii,[8],166,[6]p.,plates : map ; 4°.

Note

The dedication is engraved

With a list of subscribers

Price from imprint: price 10s. 6d. in Boards.

Uncontrolled note

NC