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If there is one thing you can say about the Roman Emperors it is that they were not a bunch of wimps and soy boys. It took cohones to command the manly and virile Roman Legions to build the roads, aqueducts, put down insurrections, build walls to keep the barbarians out, keep the trade and commerce routes open and safe, and otherwise keep the Pax Romana.
Indeed, there was also pride and patriotism in being a Roman citizen ("civis Romanus sum") that is mentioned in the Bible (KJV1611) - (Acts 22:22-29), and no mention of socialists that wanted to tear down walls and let the barbarins in for free healthcare, schools, welfare, and crime. You never wanted to mess with a Roman for fear of what might happen to you.
Now we have these modern feminized wimp "archaeologists" telling us that these "images" are "graffiti" and no doubt "juvenile" - done by some bored soldiers leaving symbols of their "manhood" behind.
It should be obvious to anyone with any common sense that those symbols were there for another reason - you didn't need a sign or speak Latin to understand what was going to happen to you if you crossed those walls. Donald Trump should do the same thing with his border walls.
Indeed, there was also pride and patriotism in being a Roman citizen ("civis Romanus sum") that is mentioned in the Bible (KJV1611) - (Acts 22:22-29), and no mention of socialists that wanted to tear down walls and let the barbarins in for free healthcare, schools, welfare, and crime. You never wanted to mess with a Roman for fear of what might happen to you.
Now we have these modern feminized wimp "archaeologists" telling us that these "images" are "graffiti" and no doubt "juvenile" - done by some bored soldiers leaving symbols of their "manhood" behind.
It should be obvious to anyone with any common sense that those symbols were there for another reason - you didn't need a sign or speak Latin to understand what was going to happen to you if you crossed those walls. Donald Trump should do the same thing with his border walls.
Archaeologists uncover ancient graffiti penis in England
By Yaron Steinbuch - March 1, 2019
These Romans were a prickly bunch.
Archaeologists who uncovered graffiti carved by soldiers in 207 AD in a quarry near a section of Hadrian’s Wall in Cumbria, England, came across the unmistakable image of a penis, according to the Military Times.
The researchers from Newcastle University and Historic England say the phallus served as a sign of good luck during the period.
Among other etchings by supposedly bored soldiers was a caricature of a commanding officer.
“These inscriptions at Gelt Forest are probably the most important on the Hadrian’s Wall frontier,” Mike Collins, an ancient monuments inspector for Historic England, said in a press release.
“They provide insight into the organization of the vast construction project that Hadrian’s Wall was, as well as some very human and personal touches.”
Hadrian’s Wall was designed to “separate the barbarians from the Romans,” according to a biography of the emperor written two centuries after the wall’s 122 AD construction.
It was undergoing major renovations during the time the newly discovered carvings were made.
At that time, Roman soldiers were transferring stone from the quarry to reinforce parts of a 73-mile-long fortification – and it is believed that during moments of ennui, some decided to leave their marks of manhood on the walls.
But with erosion taking its toll on the engravings, archaeologists plan to use laser scanning to record detailed images of the area, according to Historic England.
The laser-generated images will then be fed into software capable of creating a three-dimensional digital model of the hard rock surface.
By Yaron Steinbuch - March 1, 2019
These Romans were a prickly bunch.
Archaeologists who uncovered graffiti carved by soldiers in 207 AD in a quarry near a section of Hadrian’s Wall in Cumbria, England, came across the unmistakable image of a penis, according to the Military Times.
The researchers from Newcastle University and Historic England say the phallus served as a sign of good luck during the period.
Among other etchings by supposedly bored soldiers was a caricature of a commanding officer.
“These inscriptions at Gelt Forest are probably the most important on the Hadrian’s Wall frontier,” Mike Collins, an ancient monuments inspector for Historic England, said in a press release.
“They provide insight into the organization of the vast construction project that Hadrian’s Wall was, as well as some very human and personal touches.”
Hadrian’s Wall was designed to “separate the barbarians from the Romans,” according to a biography of the emperor written two centuries after the wall’s 122 AD construction.
It was undergoing major renovations during the time the newly discovered carvings were made.
At that time, Roman soldiers were transferring stone from the quarry to reinforce parts of a 73-mile-long fortification – and it is believed that during moments of ennui, some decided to leave their marks of manhood on the walls.
But with erosion taking its toll on the engravings, archaeologists plan to use laser scanning to record detailed images of the area, according to Historic England.
The laser-generated images will then be fed into software capable of creating a three-dimensional digital model of the hard rock surface.
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