Roman Emperor Hadrian. Built a Wall.

Trumpeted much, extolling.

Of it’s merits.

 

The Wall.

Defensive Ways. Means.

 

Offensive to Use.

Outdated,

over and soon reached. By Tech

Modern. Simple. Birds too. To

 

 

find a justifiable Reason in History. In

Our World. Legends

Of Yore. So needed. Reasons

 

From raging Hordes. Simply and per se. There.

Raging, rapine pillagers raiding so

raucously proscribed. Thereabouts. Simply

 

 

 

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So This Leader. Others too. Did Say. Of Yore.

Some 70+ Miles of Wall. Went Ups.

The Wall.

Hadrian’s.

Tomb. Also

The Pantheon

built. By this same. Leader. Then. There, Rome.

Of Yore. His

 

Empire meant building Buildings. Hadrian

was in a Class all His own. Military

 

 

Manoeuvres at a minimum. Maximising

Times, Places.

He built. Things. Like

a Tomb, That Wall. The Pantheon as well. Well as

 

being made of Stone. Pumice that is. That is

the Pantheon.

Pumice. A soapy relic. Of Yore.

 

Stone.

 

 

 

That still retains impact, grandeur. Grandiose

coffered Dome. Collecting, diffusing

incoming Light. Lighting

the building interior. The Pantheon is a Classic.

 

Grand

example of those. Renaissance. Glory Days

of Roman Architecture.

 

 

The Dome of Ground Pumice. Weighs

approx. 5,000 Tons.

 

The Dome Glass Oculus approx. 30 Ft. Dia.

Area surrounds Honey-Combed. Cavities

to reduce weight. Weight supported…

 

 

 

cleverly in Two Directions. Both. Inside,

Out.

 

Several Internal AND External

relieving. Arches/Formations help

maintain, disperse. Thus evenly bear weight.

 

The actual Building Methods, Techniques.

Of this Stone-works. Alls. But, Lost. Losing

 

 

 

The Pantheon’s Purpose… In The Real.?.

As well. Well as

Alike many Others

in Our World Legends… Usage is also…

Unknown.

 

The Pantheon. Housing lined Statuary. Deified Heroes,

Emperors, Gods. Within.

 

Such Institutions were not. Public Religiousosity

nor participation. Participating in cleanliness does

The Pumice howevers. Sourced from Igneous

Rock and the

after-effects of Fiery Volcanism. Pumice is abrasive,

 

lightweight, floats. Stone that Cleans.

Just Add Water. Thereon. Thereupon. Therein

 

too. The Roman Empire. Hadrian Built. Mores.

Cleaning up other Areas. Then and so.

 

To build. More.

 

 

 

More. Of Stone and so forth. Forthrightly

enduring

 

or Otherswise. Hadrian kept Ons. Persisting.

Building. Mores. Ons

 

 

 

The Roman Empire…

oft stretched.

Outs.

With Military. Boots. Swords and so ons. On

from Persian Gulf to English Shores. Mores.

 

Eventually;..

An estimated 80,000 Kilometres. Of

Roman Roads. Mostly straight. Sorta’.

 

Millions of Local Roads… fed off. Roman Mains.

The Roman Mains carried Their

 

Decrees, Laws, Postal

and Commercial Traffic. Official Post

from Rome to England

 

 

 

for example. Under 5 Days. Of Yore. Back

then The Roman Legions, Military

Surveyors. Were responsible.

 

For overseeing, directing Road

Upkeeps. Straightness

also. Also,

 

 

an earlier Roman General Agricola

was a Wall Builder. Building in 90 A.D.

a great and long

Wall in Britain’s North. To slow

 

and stop. Raids from Scotlands.

Hadrian rebuilt. Added Ons a bit too.

More Walls. Ups.

Hadrian’s Wall. Great. Only

some 30 Years later. Approx. 120 A.D.

 

History in Our World. Legends later so Tell. Tales.

Of.

 

 

 

Another Btw’s, was added during the Times, Places

of 140 A.D. From Firth to the Clyde. River.

 

Septimius Severus also. Later- 207 A.D.

did some mores. Wall works. Britains North. Up

 

and above the River banks. The Tiber.

Of Rome. Hadrian did decree. Build

as well. Well as a Mausoleum. The

 

Hadrian’s Tomb. So nomened.

 

 

Structurally:

An immense cylinder. Atop

an even larger boxlike Base. A

massive Structural Bulk. Covered

 

in Parian fine Marble. Faced with

Corinthian Colonnades. Connecting

 

the upper cylinder Wall surrounds. Thus

provides/is the Base. For a Circle

of Statuary. Encompassing a veritable

Night Garden. Centred thereupon

 

a Large Cupola Construct. More Statuary.

Therein. Hadrian’s. Also.

 

 

In addition structurally. The actual

Mausoleum/Tomb Area

Burial Chamber is so Centred. Basement Level.

 

Belows. The Aboves. Constructions. Belows

Image. Herein. So shows. That. The

 

 

Access Point vis the Gardens via a Spirallings

PassageWay. Ways, means also vagaries. Of History.

Spiralled. Otherswise. Ups n Downs ensued.

 

Ensured Hadrian. Was not the First. Therein.

 

To access. That.

Hadrian’s Tomb.

 

His son. Intended successor encountered

Death. Earlier. Than did He. Hadrian’s

 

 

Tomb as well. Well as

burying. His Son. Therein. This Structure.

 

Known to the Papacy in

Our World. Legends of Papal

Rome that cry. Of a

Castle of the Holy Angel. The

Castel Sant’Angelo.

 

Hadrian’s Tomb aka.

So nomened by later. Papacy as Dedication.

To a somewhat impregnable Fortress.

 

They. Could hide Ups. In.

 

 

In Towering over all others in the Area.

These Roman Times, Places. Of Yore,

the Tomb oft became a Sanctuary.

Or a Prison.

A place to Retreat.

Or be chucked. Into. To

 

and for. A Recluse. Hide-a-Ways. Means

that even by Times of Pope Gregory…

Approx. 530 A.D.

 

greatly enhanced Survival. Theirs. Papal.

Whilst their version of Religion. Pounded Outs.

 

So re- and -nomened. Renamed.

To suit. That Agenda.

 

 

The Castle of the Holy Angel. Entombed

Tomb within. Several noted Roman Politicians.

 

Still. Still and within. Whilst Papacy. Still

re-writing, -righting. Wrongs. Still.

 

 

Still.?.

When Nature is stilled.?. By still

 

Walls.?.

Though lightly so writ. Aboves. Belows. A

Pause.

 

 

For Thought. In Mind. Mine.

 

If and so. Then i, Shiro ask. What Happens. When

So Natural Environs and Eco-Systems.

Meet Wall.?.

 

What Other Changes will Walls. So Then.

Bring.?. Bring Nature there,..

back and to.?.

 

Onto some. In Our World. Legends of the Sciences

that Tell Tales. True. Therein too. To Speak Ups

 

of this and these Cause, Effects. To come.

Walled up inside Minds, Pencils. Finger Tips. Tips

 

 

from these. Branches of Science. Need

to Grow. Now.

Not Then.

 

Walls have the potential to still…

Natures.

 

Of many kinds. Unkindly,

 

 

Next Post… To. So Be:

What’s That Name.?. Atlantis.

 

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Series of Info. So Bytes. One. Daily ‘tween. Posts

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If A Particular Legendary Theme or Our

World Legends. Is A Desire.

 

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