Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: A & E Home Video
• VHS Release Date: February 8, 2000
• ASIN: B000006QWL
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #473,008 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Twenty feet tall and eight feet wide, it stretches for nearly 80 miles. For almost 300 years, it marked the boundary of the Roman Empire, protecting occupied Britain from the barbaric Scottish warriors to the north. Now, ENGLAND'S GREAT WALL asks was there another, more cryptic reason for its construction? Explore the mysteries that surround Rome's troubled domination of the province they called Brittania. Delve into the schemes and dreams of Emperor Hadrian, who had the wall built. Was the vast structure, in fact, a monument to his own ego, which some say was almost as big as the structure itself? Search for clues in the ruins of the wall itself, and hear what the worldís leading historians have to say. Block by block, the mystery of Hadrian's Wall is uncovered in this fascinating program.