Hadrian's Wall was Incorrectly named.......

[@pwhitewick]

Rebecca's Channel can be found here: www.youtube.com/@RebeccasNest

[@dave_h_8742]

2:39 You can't tell me someone's stamped fudge out the gate by accident 😶

[@nickryan3417]

Am I the only one wondering how/why this is the first time I've heard of Rebecca's channel despite watching so many of the videos on this channel. Am I really that oblivious?

[@rogink]

@@nickryan3417 I assume it's new. They used to make videos together. I'm an irregular viewer, but I noticed that Rebecca's name was missing a couple of videos ago. So it's good to see they are still together. I think this means the videos are slicker - it seems Rebecca is directing and Paul presenting.

[@MrGreatplum]

@@nickryan3417- Rebecca has had her channel for years but I think she’s concentrating on it now :)

[@differous01]

We still don't know who built the Fossatum Africae around Roman Carthage, during/after Hadrian's reign.

[@steveclarke6257]

Hadrian orders defence lines across both the southern and eastern parts of the empire not just our northern border, so you can find similar walls across North Africa and in Syria. So yes whilst these walls was almost certainly completed after his reign he did order their construction. It's said that the walls were about being both a cost saving defensive measure ( yes high initial capital out lay but a longterm manpower saving and unlike modern politicians, Romans did think long term) and a statement to those people outside the empire that this is our land keep out.

[@ronhall9039]

With the additional benefit of keeping the Squaddies busy.

[@gar6446]

Additionally, customs revenue would be easier to collect and police.

[@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo]

I think the general consensus today is these walls were built to tax people bringing goods cattle etc to be sold in the markets of the empire.

[@rahjah6958]

@@gar6446if Mexicans can climb 20ft fences, some Scot’s can climb a wall

[@therespectedlex9794]

​@@rahjah6958There were no Scots. They were Picts back then.

[@thetruth1862]

A dream of mine (I am from the US) is to travel to England and Scotland and see all these amazing mounds, monolithic structures , old and new architecture, its magnificent, maybe one day

[@nigelsouthworth5577]

I hope you make it. We are very lucky to live here.

[@thetruth1862]

@@nigelsouthworth5577 thank you maybe one day

[@2009numan]

Wallsend in Newcastle got its name from where the wall actually ended it never went as far as the coast

[@pwhitewick]

Thanks. Never knew that.

[@michaeljohnson4636]

The wallsend metro station signs have both wallsend / segedunum on (the Roman name for wallsend)

[@sidensvans67]

And Westgate Road .

[@Leenufc]

It actually ended in the river tyne down from Wallsend

[@romanhistorywalks6526]

There’s a part of Hadrians Wall in the commonwealth war cemetery in Rome another set of wall stone heading to the US sank in the Atlantic

[@swamyvigyananand4779]

Sycamore Gap! Delighted to see it in its splendour at 5:23-5:35. Thank you!

[@fion1flatout]

Nowt but an overgrown weed. Good timber though 😅

[@stephenmudiecastles.2938]

@@fion1flatout Except that some idiot with nothing better to do cut it down..

[@karphin1]

A shame it got cut down. 😢

[@hairyairey]

@@stephenmudiecastles.2938 Allegedly two idiots but so far not enough proof to charge them.

[@faithlesshound5621]

@@hairyairey Actually two men were charged at Newcastle Crown Court in May with having committed criminal damage to both the tree and Hadrian's Wall. They pled not guilty and are due to be tried in December 2024.

[@cslloyd1]

For whatever reason there must be, my American K-12 education rarely mentioned the amazing things the Roman's did. It's really amazing. Fortunately, there's quite a bit of youtube content on the Roman Empire and, what little I know about it, I got from stumbling onto video like this one. Much appreciated!

[@Richardincancale]

2:20 The sycamore tree cut down by vandals (not visigoths)

[@pwhitewick]

Agreed!!

[@knickglay]

Also the drone shot at 5:24 in full leaf. Just beautiful.

[@timothyconover9805]

mere barbarians I'd say

[@stevie-ray2020]

At least they caught the bastard!

[@davideddy2672]

Never really understood all the fuss?

[@hedleythorne]

Good that Hodgson is getting some recognition. Lovely shots of the wall too!

[@pwhitewick]

I can't imagine devoting myself to something so much that I could write 173 pages on the subject, and actually not be interested in it!

[@PaintWood-w7p]

Fortunately the actual builders and rebuilders left full details which gave us dates. They were competing with each other. But they would also be fully aware of the works predating Hadrian that gave them both a road and numerous established forts with granaries. The logistics were incredible the scale likewise the number of temporary camps quarries, stockades for cattle; anybody involved would see it as a personal and team achievement. Hadrian visited and I found one of his classic fort within a fort stopping points about twenty years ago, between Housesteads and Vindolanda. His deliberate isolation, to my mind, is the reason Hadrian was all but forgotten, is his desire to be apart (which eventually became a serious issue). If you are standing on top of a tower looking North into a howling gale with the rain crashing down you are really bothered about who ordered the whole thing to be built. When Severus rebuilt he had to be seen he had to be actively involved, the Roman Empire had moved on. Severus was using double legions. When they moved from place to place it was their consumption of all the resources that created major long-term damage to any enemy. Severan troops left their mark physically and in the mindset of the local population.

[@roseharper2648]

Very interesting thank you 🙏

[@ronhall9039]

No Scots existed in those days, the Wall in fact split the lands of one of the local tribes. And another point - Northumbria and Northumberland are not the same. Northumbria is the old Angle Kingdom that at it's height stretched from the Firth of Forth down to the Humber, Northumberland is a county and is not nearly as expansive. It's a bit like confusing Britain with England - which I gather is common practice in certain parts.

[@matimus100]

Pussycat Picts

[@davidoldboy5425]

Correct sir

[@Stevie-L-n8g]

Northumbria never stretched to the Forth!

[@derekowens1817]

​@@Stevie-L-n8gother than for the 3 centuries when Lothian was part of Northumbria, maybe. D 🤔

[@Stevie-L-n8g]

I've never read that in any history, so please, give me a book and reference please.@@derekowens1817

[@philiptaylor7902]

Another great video Paul (and Rebecca!), I hadn’t known the wall was incorrectly ascribed to Severus for such a long time, and think the “Venomous Bede” was partly to blame.

[@pwhitewick]

I think Bede certainly helped continue the story

[@thomasblecha]

it's "Venerable Bede" (Beda Venerablilis), not "Venomous Bede"

[@philiptaylor7902]

@@thomasblecha Hi Thomas, dig out a copy of “1066 and all that” by Sellar and Yeatman if you can, and all will become clear, but it may ruin British history for you for ever.

[@mikemoreno4469]

​@@thomasblecha, I think he was making a joke 😂

[@jurgschupbach3059]

The same applies to the Limes because no citrus fruits grew on the Rhine

[@Colonel_Blimp]

LOL

[@mylittleadventureswithbric1162]

If you look at LIDAR map following the wall you can follow the defensive ditch or the vallum across the majority of the country, it's also good at highlighting Roman camps near the wall.

[@t.vanoosterhout233]

Not having watched Rebecca's vid I'd venture, as an explanation, that those Roman writers were also doing a bit of propaganda for Severus, and decided that a wall that was at the wrong place and had to be abandoned didn't speak well of Severus's virtu. But it was commonly known that he had built a wall. So they forgot about the actual wall and ascribed Hadrian's wall to him. Who was going to check them anyway?

[@Scramjet44]

Thank you for that. Living some miles north of Antonine's wall, I am reasonably interested in most things Roman. So seeing the title of this video I was intrigued enough to watch which in turn has led to me subscribing to your channel.

[@pwhitewick]

Welcome!

[@pathardage1880]

I'm a Colonial from over the water who lives in Portugal now. I've walked The Wall twice and plan to walk it one more time. Your drone footage of that wall is probably the best I've ever seen. I reminds me viscerally more of my experience that any other I've seen. Just fabulous. Thank you. Thank you.

[@matthewquartermain8291]

I went to calleva atrabetum a few weeks ago because of your channel Paul! I’m an Oxfordshire resident, so it was relatively close by and I got some photos with my dslr of the running walls. So, I thank you immensely! Also, another great watch as always.

[@pwhitewick]

It's quite the site isn't it.

[@Nastyswimmer]

Definitely not to keep the Scots out - they were still in Ireland. The people on both sides of the wall were Britons

[@MarkAbRobert-jv6it]

The old British chronicles tend to concur that Severus had originally constructed a wall of stone after his failed mission to subdue the northern Britons led by Fulgentius. Some claim it was rebuilt in the early 5th century prior to the Romans leaving in order to keep out the Scots Picts and Saxons who had been in alliance and had overun the wall after Magnus Maximus had takrn away all the fighting aged men to the continent for his imperial ambitions.

[@Nastyswimmer]

Even in the 5th century the Scots were in Argyll, 100 miles from the wall, the Picts were in the north of "Scotland" 100 miles from the wall and the Saxons were in the south-east of "England" 200 miles from the wall. They did eventually meet up and form alliances (but mainly to fight amongst themselves) but that was three centuries later.

[@matildamartin2811]

I read somewhere that at one time, what is now Scotland was joined to Europe. The piece of land broke away and eventually collided with what is now England . Where they fused together with such force caused a rift on which the Romans built the wall on. So it looks like they took advantage of a dividing line, which was already there.

[@Nastyswimmer]

@@matildamartin2811 Not quite - (and the following is much simplified) what is now Scotland was part of the North American continent and England was part of Europe with an ocean known as Iapetus between them. Continental drift caused the continents to collide about 450 million years ago, then about 60 million years ago the continents split apart again as the Atlantic opened up, but this time with Scotland" stuck to Europe.

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Septimus Severus has become something of a hero in Carlisle now it looks like he set up Camp and his HQ in Carlisle for a good number of years. The two storey bathhouse seems a bit OTT for a local fort. And also Hadrian built the earth wall and vallum in AD122 but it had to be replaced by a stone wall for much of it length.

[@MarkAbRobert-jv6it]

The British narrative claims having lost 50.000 men Severus was eventually beseiged by the British warlord Fulgentius at York where he died having been mortally wounded. Scottish historian John of Ferdun even went so far as to claim Mordred who had married Arthurs sister Anna was a direct descendent of this Fulgentius....never any sources though with those old skool history buffs

[@johnvonundzu2170]

He was Septimius not Septimus , (You're not alone I had it wrong too).)

[@mattygaga2013]

Seeing Sycamore Gap pre-felling always upsets me. How anyone can do what they did, is just abhorrent and unthinkable.

[@pwhitewick]

I am still unsure why it happened.

[@mattygaga2013]

@@pwhitewick and the fact those who did it got NFA'd. It's stupid.

[@boneyeast1019]

@@mattygaga2013 whats an NFA?

[@mattygaga2013]

@@boneyeast1019 no further action - basically all charges dropped

[@Linleys]

Wow, that is all so fascinating, yet complex. I should have done more research into the history of the wall before doing the full trail along it a few years ago. And that drone footage is beautiful. Cheers, Warren :)

[@Christina-ge3xr]

Thank you Paul, another fine video treat on a cold, rainy Sunday (here in southern Ohio). I’d love to see a drone video of the entire length of The Wall. The view from above is amazing. Going the entire length would demonstrate how remarkable it really is.

[@richardkerry6552]

Hadrian did a bit of stonework in the middle east as well...

[@pwhitewick]

Pray tell more

[@richardkerry6552]

@@pwhitewick am sure hadrian had a wall built in Anatolia or Syria... mind you I was asking you that question. Believe in some parts of the east he built a wall to denote the end of the empire...

[@richardkerry6552]

I know he built a wall in Germany..and he was in Egypt... was a bit of a Greek fan.. am sure I saw a documentary about a wall in Syria etc...

[@marcobelli6856]

@@richardkerry6552he built a wall in Africa too

[@richardkerry6552]

@@marcobelli6856 cheers... was a well busy brickie!!

[@Strangekabuki]

A Yank fan here. Been a fan for a while. Big history buff. My basic interest was your content on the industrial revolution, rail and canals. But I think you have finally pushed me over the wall (see that?😂). Going to do a dive into Roman Britain. Thank you and your wife for do much interesting content over the years.

[@pwhitewick]

Always a pleasure Sir.

[@alanclarke4646]

Not a bad pun, that😊 Keep it up and we'll make you an honorary Brit in no time at all 😂😂😂

[@Strangekabuki]

@@alanclarke4646 don't get me started! Big Great war buff. Been to Somme and Ypres. Always tip a pint on Sept 15 for Battle of Britain Day. Ex 82nd AB and a European deployment meant a trip to Arnhem and Pegasus Bridge.

[@alanclarke4646]

@@Strangekabuki no offence was intended.

[@Strangekabuki]

@@alanclarke4646 all is good, none was taken or assumed. Nuance can get lost on the internet. 😁

[@christophernoble6810]

Let’s hear it for the Roman engineers who were responsible for the actual construction of the wall.

[@rodden1953]

Did you see on BBC Digging for Britain ? a Roman villa was built 1 or 200 years after the Romans had left .

[@pwhitewick]

Absolutely yes. Changes a lot of our pre conceptions

[@Lichfeldian--Suttonian]

Great work as usual. Thanks Paul and Rebecca.

[@pwhitewick]

Thanks again!

[@jamiebizness1]

Those tools chopped that tree @ 5;45 in. R.i.p tree .

[@allenatkins2263]

John Hodgson:" Please see my footnote, AKA, volume 2."

[@pwhitewick]

....and 3... and 4

[@DaveF-v3d]

Your videos are like time team and country file masked together .. love it!!! And your presenting and content are worthy of television 👍🏻

[@pwhitewick]

Thank you so much 😀

[@nickyfield137]

Thanks for your videos Paul, they're always interesting whatever the subject

[@pwhitewick]

Glad you like them!

[@smallsleepyrascalcat]

Very interesting. I didn't know they attributed it to another emperor before. 👌

[@pwhitewick]

Even during their own era. Curious indeed.

[@mariadespina80]

Called, in Latin, Vallum Hadriani or Vallum Aelium, Hadrian's Wall is a fortification whose construction began in 122 CE, in the Roman province of Britannia, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian - Trajan's successor. The grandiose construction began on the shores of the River Tyne, close to the North Sea, and reached the Irish Sea. It represented the northern limit of the Roman Empire, beyond which began the territories belonging to the free tribes of those lands, including the Picts. The wall was built by the Roman legionnaires, among whom there were also architects, masons or stonemasons. The components of the Roman legions had the status of Roman citizens. The soldiers who worked or carried out military activities at Hadrian's Wall came from northern Europe, there were also units brought from greater distances, made up of fighters of different nations. Among them were Asturians (from the Iberian Peninsula), Syrians and Geto-Dacians from the kingdom of Dacia, conquered by the Romans in 106. Current Romania.

[@alanpeachey4085]

History is everything thank you for being you from down under where history is thrown away every day looking forward to more and more of your history walks. Thank you Alan

[@2009numan]

I live in the North East of England there is barely any of Hadrians wall left

[@rodchallis8031]

Over 40 years ago, on a visit to the U.K. I took the train up to Perth from Manchester. I thought to keep a sharp eye out from the train for the wall. I wasn't expecting a huge wall or anything, but I did expect to see something of it. Where ever the track crossed it, I suppose it was gone. Never did see Hadrian's wall.

[@2009numan]

@@rodchallis8031 I think most of the wall has been robbed away by farmers over the years to build their walls with around fields

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

In Newcastle they smashed it up for road repairs.

[@MichaelCampin]

There are portions in Newcastle City Centre and are marked by a blue plaque near Central Station and there are further parts further out in Northumbria along the Military Road around Hexham

[@memofromessex]

@@2009numan A lot of it was used for the construction for what became the A69

[@faithlesshound5621]

I was puzzled by all this talk of "Severus," until I worked out that you meant Septimius Severus, the founder of the Severan Dynasty of Roman emperors.

[@malcolmrichardson3881]

Great aerial shots of the wall and a very informative video. I assumed it had always been known as 'Hadrian's Wall'. Presumably, the unearthing of coins other Roman artefacts, later on, would have definatively dated when the wall was built. Hodgson and those other antiquarians appear to have put in a prodigious amount of research.

[@romanhistorywalks6526]

A recent find of a 2nd cent bowl has the phrase “RIGORE VALI AELI DRACONIS” along its rim, Aelius was Hadrian’s family name so it was probably know to the romans as the wall of Aelius or Hadrian

[@malcolmrichardson3881]

That's very interesting. Thank you @@romanhistorywalks6526

[@pwhitewick]

Thanks, this is the one thing I struggled with, sifting through the 173 page footnote and finding evidence for the claim!

[@romanhistorywalks6526]

@@pwhitewick it was known as the Picts wall for a time and even thought they built it against the romans

[@bananacabbage7402]

Excellent video. The word Fosse could alternatively have originated with French invaders. They commonly use the word for a ditch until today.

[@pwhitewick]

Yup, some else just said that. Interesting

[@RockHudrock]

3:50 - yeah, “Hadrian’s Ditch” just doesn’t have the same ring to it as “Hadrian’s Wall” 😂

[@barrywalser2384]

Very interesting! I didn’t know the wall had been misnamed for so long. Thanks!

[@selkie76]

Severus seems to have become very trendy during the Victorian era and early 20th century, here in York - there are a number of streets, buildings, and even a hill named in his honour from that time (all in a relatively small area, spread betwixt Holgate and Acomb for some reason).

[@faithlesshound5621]

Well, he was the most illustrious person to die in York, and after his death he was deified by the Roman Senate.

[@markmuller7962]

5:27 RIP Robin Hood tree 😢

[@shirleylynch7529]

Very interesting. I’m ashamed to say I have never even visited this famous wall. You make me want to check it out and read more about it, thank you Paul for another enthusiast trip down history.

[@pwhitewick]

Likewise Shirley!!

[@mikepowell2776]

Excellent video as we’ve come to expect. Fascinating research,, good, appropriate illustration and your nicely informal yet informative presentation. Small point; the Scots weren’t about until the 9th Century. Whilst there’s no doubt that Hadrian ordered the wall’s construction (attested, amongst other things, by statements carved on the stones themselves) Severus came to Britannia around 90 years later with the express purpose of sorting out Caledonia. In the process (which was ultimately unsuccessful) is it not possible that he either strengthened and/or reorganised the wall thus causing the confusion?

[@MybitofHistory]

I recorded my journey along the wall 12 years ago - wish I had a drone back then - Nice video Paul ;)

[@pwhitewick]

You're a gent. Thank you Sir. 😊

[@davidberlanny3308]

Good idea to shoot on location in Silchester, it worked really well. Some lovely drone shots👌👌 Great shout out for Rebecca's channel too. Have a great week!!

[@TheGrimReaper1]

Just came across your channel and have subscribed and liked, if this film is an example of your work i know i wont be disappointed .

[@pwhitewick]

Welcome. Yup we aim for at least 2 - 3 of these a month with fillers in between.

[@martinmarsola6477]

Thank you for the thorough video today. Always look forward to them. Your explanations are generally logical, not confusing. Hello to Rebecca and enjoy your week ahead. See you on the next!😊

[@pwhitewick]

Great to hear! Thank you

[@ATtravel666]

2:58 - Did I have a brain fart and misunderstand Paul? When he is talking about Septimius Severus, who became emperor in 193 and he died in 211. Paul mentions that the next Emperor was Marcus Aurelius? Severus was succeeded by his sons Caracalla and Geta. Caracalla's official name as emperor was Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, but obviously he is known to history as Caracalla. Also not sure about this but there might be a slight mistake at 2:29. You mention Victor as an author and then go onto mention "Chronicon". Not sure if you are referring to Chronicon as the name of the work or as the author. The author was Jerome and his book was the Chronicon. Just got slightly confused because you might have gone from an author to mentioning a work in a similar manner.

[@ATtravel666]

Apologies it if it is my brain fart.

[@heofnorenown]

2:27 chronicon isn’t the name of the historian it’s the name of the work, Jerome is the author.

[@pwhitewick]

Thank you. :-)

[@SimonAmazingClarke]

People think that Hadrian build the stone wall in 5 years. It was, in fact an earthen wall, the stone wall was built later.

[@MarkAbRobert-jv6it]

@SimonAmazingClarke I came to that realisation through reading old chronicles and histories. Going back to Bede and other early historians Septimus Severus is credited with the walls construction in the early third century. Many chronicles also state the wall is rebuilt or at least repaired extensively in the late 4th century. The Britons called it the Gwal Sevyr. The wall of Severus. As I'm sure you know Simon neither Hadrian or Severus where dealing with Scots who at that time where still in Ireland. Severus campaigned against northern British rebels who unlike those who remained in the south would not yield to the Roman occupiers and as a result had began to hate the Romanized Britons as much if not more than their continental overlords. This wall was constructed originally to separate the Britons from each other for the sake of civility.

[@SimonAmazingClarke]

@@MarkAbRobert-jv6it Thanks for all of that. Real history is nothing like what they teach us in school. It is far more interesting

[@ziggydan7854]

You should be on mainstream Tv, great stuff

[@pwhitewick]

Too kind Sir.

[@paulinehedges5088]

Lovely views of Silchester to give us atmosphere..thanks. Fascinating as always and makes me want to do som research for myself. Thank you. 😊

[@withnail70]

Mate, out of the dozens of (very varying quality) Hadrian's Wall videos on KZbin, you have managed to produce the crappest. You introduce some interesting points about early misconceptions, get hung up on the Antonine Wall, half-explain some really confusing comparisons between them and your sources, but worst of all YOU FAIL to actually GO THERE. If you can't be *rsed to get on a train, then leave the Roman stuff to us. We've got a full time university archeology department who've been digging it up for years and we're dripping with good historians who can tell a good tale, while sitting on the indisputably signposted - real - Hadrian's Wall. Capisce ? 😉

[@pwhitewick]

Hello my dude. Just want to check you have watched the video you are commenting on. I ask because I didn't once touch on the comparisons of the walls and didn't make any points of misconceptions. Secondly... when you say "leave it..... to us". Who is "us". I'd love to know who you are representing with this comment. Thanks in advance.

[@dave_h_8742]

Nice one. Been to Vindolanda and Housteads on a friends of time team weekend trip years ago bleak and desolate with overbearing grey sky's are my lasting impression of the place and the cold.

[@romanhistorywalks6526]

It is sunny a warm on many days I can vouch for that

[@MrGreatplum]

Very much enjoyed this one, Paul.

[@DrustIV]

"To keep the Scots out." There were no Scots in northern Britain at that time. The Scotti came over from Ireland much later.

[@pwhitewick]

Thanks, see description!

[@DrustIV]

@@pwhitewick Thanks, I missed that!

[@darunge]

Really enjoyed the video! Thanks Paul!

[@pwhitewick]

My pleasure!

[@SecretSquirrelFun]

Alfred Heneage Cocks recorded finds like no one else around him at the time. Where exactly on the site, exactly how deep it was when found etc. While the other “archaeologists” were not much more than fame seeking treasure hunters, cocks recorded finds from a Roman villa in incredible detail. I believe that Mr Cocks and Mr Hodgens might have been great colleagues, if indeed they had ever met. I’m told by Google that the yew-den villa dig site and the amazing work of AH Cocks done in 1912 is mentioned in an episode of Digging for Britain - which I will watch after this. 🙂

[@davie941]

hello again Paul, another very interesting video , really well done again and thank you 😊

[@pwhitewick]

Thanks again!

[@billyshane3804]

Bob Smith and David Jones built most of the wall during a work for the dole project.

[@telx2010]

Winners write the hiStory books.

[@pwhitewick]

Concur

[@ronpierce4224]

Ok, I now have a new favorite KZbin channel. If you do make it up to the North East, promise, the colds isn't THAT bad

[@pwhitewick]

Welcome

[@StephenDavenport-zqz2ub]

This video should remind us that Rome was not built in a day, but took longer and was built by Slaves. Hadrian's Wall itself was built by the Roman Army. Today we use machinery to do our heavy work and we should therefore press on with building our new generation of nuclear power stations. Fossil fuels won't last for ever.

[@pwhitewick]

Wholey agree

[@emmabird9745]

Neither Severus nor Hadrian built the wall. It was built by a lot, I mean a really lot of slaves. The enlightened Romans wern't above getting a bit of help in, usually with a lot of persuasion! Nice video Paul.

[@davidoldboy5425]

Suspect that Hadrian spent most of his time away from Rome travelling, due to his homosexuality which he disguised well until his lover I believe drowned on the Nile, when he was devastated.

[@ConradAinger]

Antinous drowned, or was taken by a crocodile, while swimming across it. Typical 19yo boy showing off. Did Hadrian disguise his love for Antinous? There are statues of him from that time. The Romans had a complicated view of these things, especially of paederasty.

[@bobsrailrelics]

It's ironic that when I lived near Silchester I didn't visit the remains! They look really impressive. Great bit of research and digging (metaphorically).

[@ralach]

You continue to impress: really good job. I enjoy the videos you guys make, very much. Cheers :)

[@pwhitewick]

Thank you very much!

[@WillN2Go1]

Good video. I never knew about this. Thank you. You should label your shots of the wall and Vindolanda and maybe slow them down so they last longer. (I paused.) It's interesting this is largely about a 160 page footnote. The equivalent would be to label your clips of the wall. I got a bit of a thrill spotting Vindolanda, Housesteads and Sycamore Gap. (I spent some time visiting.) History is multidimensional. Sometimes it's those side notes that interest some viewers/readers. I would like to see a series of annotated drone videos of the wall with chapter hot spots so viewers can jump. Get a sponsor, put a 30 second ad at the beginning of each clip. And I'm endlessly puzzled why the Romans didn't just stay at the Antonine Wall. It was shorter and should've been more easily defended. Were there really that many violent locals south of it? All this is just such an amazing bit of history. The questions are endless, contemporaneous information is available, and the actual sites are extent and easy to get to.

[@YouTubestolemylife]

Actual history it should never be forgotten

[@RockHudrock]

The Scots should take it as a compliment that Rome had to build a wall out of fear of the Scottish

[@craigjohnstone3855]

We do

[@oceantree5000]

You know, I’ve always said SEverus, but when you questioned yourself, I looked it up, and in Latin, it’s SeVERus, as you mostly were saying. Optissimē!

[@pwhitewick]

Phew.

[@radiosnail]

Another interesting video again with a brilliant selection of music too.

[@pwhitewick]

Many thanks! Loved the music in this one too.

[@dh2032]

at 5:26, is that the tree that is no more?

[@MrGreatplum]

I’m afraid so!

[@MrMatVids]

You mentioned that it became obvious that Severus hadn’t built the wall. But why? What made it obvious that it was Hadrian? I didn’t feel that I got any real explanation in the video but perhaps I’ve misunderstood.

[@romanhistorywalks6526]

As more inscriptions began to be uncovered as the wall was investigated featured Hadrians Name and that of the new governor of the province which dated the wall closely to AD122 plus better knowledge of pottery types which change over time.

[@rogink]

"Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" Not long ago we had Paul talking about Durham coalfield railways - from Somerset. Now we have him talking about Hadrian's Wall from - Hampshire? More seriously, great video, even if the title had me assuming Paul had discovered that we were using the wrong Roman emperor's name today.

[@pwhitewick]

Haha..... well, its either that, or i'm sat behind a desk. Glad you liked the title ;-)

[@bob_the_bomb4508]

It didn’t keep the Wildlings out though…

[@leonardjackman354]

Thank you for your video

[@pwhitewick]

Thank you

[@lesmaybury793]

Always interesting and educational videos from Paul and Rebecca. 👍

[@harris4018]

so did hadrian dig the ha ha as well as the wall

[@darylcheshire1618]

“what have the Romans done for us?”.

[@pwhitewick]

Now that is the question.

[@dakrontu]

What if the wall was to (a) take parts of the army away from Rome so as not to be a threat to the emperor and (b) consolidate Romanisation outward from Rome so that surrounding territories would become sympathetic (due to improved technology and stability (Pax Romana) and intermarriage with locals) rather than enemies and (c) break social connections with those north of the wall over time so they would not be prone to sympathy with them?

[@lindamccaughey6669]

That was incredibly interesting thanks. Please take care

[@tonykyle2655]

I saw Rebecca's video first. Paul, you got a 10 min head start and only beat her by 5 mins. She would have dusted you if you hadn't scooted off early. :D

[@pwhitewick]

Too true!!

[@williamwelch7]

Thanks Paul and Rebecca

[@JustAnotherPaddy]

I built it. I can’t keep it a secret any longer.

[@pwhitewick]

Knew it!

[@JustAnotherPaddy]

@@pwhitewick was just a prank. We’d been drinking a little.

[@mtgcardzandreview2756]

The wall was constructed for a number of reasons, one of which was to keep the troops and their general's busy with a project, less they returned with their legions to capture Rome and become Emperor.

[@robinhayhurst5943]

Silchester??? Where's your commitment to us You Tubers??? It's only 6 hours...there!!!

[@bobjackson6524]

Great film that thankyou. Heading to your chanel next Rebecca thankyou. 🙌💖💖🙌

[@billybobbassman]

A great insight Paul. Plus already watched the race on Rebeccas channel (and you cheating getting a head start 😂)

[@tomcarslaw2117]

Is this why there are Several Walls. A Caledonian

[@rogerscottcathey]

So Severus' wall, Hadrian's ditch? I don't understand . .😬🧐

[@pwhitewick]

Hadrian's Ditch, Hadrian's Wall.

[@martinluckybramah]

I've always wondered why The Vallum or ditch below Hadrian's Wall is on the south side of the wall? Every other ditch in a fortification like this would have been facing the enemy, so on the north side, as a first obstacle to overcome, making them vulnerable. The Vallum makes no sense to me in this context.

[@romanhistorywalks6526]

There is a north ditch on Hadrians Wall also, bear in mind the Romans occupied but not necessarily subdued the tribes completely the south. The Vallum would have marked out the military zone and provided relatively safe grazing from incursion and theft

[@hainanbob6144]

Another great video. Thanks for the nod to Rebecca's nideo, for some reason I didn't get the notification for hers.

[@pwhitewick]

No worries!

[@ziggurat-builder8755]

Now. This is something I know about. I wrote a book about it!

[@pwhitewick]

Oooh.... the book name please?

[@dennis2376]

That was to short. :) Very interesting, I have never heard of any these people - just the wall. Thank you.

[@pwhitewick]

There was definitely a lot more that could be added!

[@davidtomsett]

Just love your content, you should be on national tv.

[@pwhitewick]

Thanks David

[@Leenufc]

Im from Newcastle iv done research on this myself and whata strange is i found photo's of Newcastles medieval city walls from the 1900 and on the photos it says Newcastles walls were roman walls

[@TheLeonhamm]

Who built the surviving Cathedral at Colonge or Koeln or Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium / Oppidum Ubiorum? The chap who laid the foundation stone - von Hochstaden - or the foundations for this foundation stone = Maternus (the 'oldest' cathedral) or the old cathedral (the one that was demolished to make way for the 'new' aka (the more or less present) cathedral - or the chap under whom it was completed e.g. von Hohenzollern (i.e. Wilhelm I) - or whomsoever was around when the last parts of the re-re-construction was finished off - so far at least)? ;o)

[@havingalook2]

...but the drone footage is out of date as the famous tree has been murdered and it shows in that footage!!!!

[@pwhitewick]

By this theory all drone footage is out of date the second you record it!?