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For anyone unaware the significance of the name "Handrian": > Hadrian's Wall (Latin: Vallum Hadriani), also known as the Roman Wall, Picts' Wall, or Vallum Ael
by throw0101b 3y ago
For anyone unaware the significance of the name "Handrian":
> Hadrian's Wall (Latin: Vallum Hadriani), also known as the Roman Wall, Picts' Wall, or Vallum Aelium in Latin, is a former defensive fortification of the Roman province of Britannia, begun in AD 122 in the reign of the Emperor Hadrian.[1] Running from Wallsend on the River Tyne in the east to Bowness-on-Solway in the west of what is now northern England, it was a stone wall with large ditches in front of it and behind it that crossed the whole width of the island. Soldiers were garrisoned along the line of the wall in large forts, smaller milecastles, and intervening turrets.[2] In addition to the wall's defensive military role, its gates may have been customs posts.[3]
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian%27s_Wall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian%27s_Wall
- paxys 3y agoHadrian's Wall is also the inspiration for "The Wall" in the ASoIaF series/Game of Thrones.
- ddmf 3y agoNae wonder I wake up feeling like a white walker at times.
- antongribok 3y agoThanks for that! This reminded me how as a kid for about a decade I used the CDROM burning software Nero Burning ROM [0] without any idea that it was a reference to the Roman emperor Nero [1] and the Great Fire of Rome [2] until my mom saw me using it and educated me. [0] https://www.nero.com/eng/products/nero-burning-rom/ https://www.nero.com/eng/products/nero-burning-rom/ [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Rome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Rome
- elthran 3y agoI also used to use it....and never noticed the pun based name until you pointed it out just now! Maybe I just think about the Roman Empire more now?
- HPsquared 3y agoAlso it's German software, and Rome in German is "Rom". So it's even more literal. The original icon was a lot clearer (Colosseum + Flame) EDIT: I guess it really should be called "Burning WORM" (Write Once Read Many). That could have been a name for a rival software. A bit icky though, I suppose - and possible malware connotations.
- jimnotgym 3y agoIn the UK it is in the news a lot at the moment because at a famous location on the wall, 'sycamore gap', somebody cut the famous sycamore tree down for no apparent reason. I found this intriguing. The guy is probably in a lot of trouble, but Sycamore is an invasive non native species. In other areas people are paid to cut them down!
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- moffkalast 3y agoAh finally, my daily required dose of thinking about the Roman Empire.
- v-erne 3y agoThanks for that - I was wondering why it sounded so familiar (actually I had this name on my board games to-buy list for quite some time : https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/304783/hadrians-wall https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/304783/hadrians-wall)