ImTheCaptain
I disagree with you
Unlike Evangelical Christians, millions of Jews don't see the OT as an historical document. They see it an allegorical period piece.
except for that one teensie part about owning some land
Unlike Evangelical Christians, millions of Jews don't see the OT as an historical document. They see it an allegorical period piece.
So amazing that the Romans couldn't foresee that a wall across the land of the northern frontier wouldn't prevent invasions from sea. So advanced, yet so dumb.
except for that one teensie part about owning some land
Yeah, it kept the Celts in what is now Scotland from raiding across the border, at least for awhile (it didn't permanently stop them, of course). It didn't stop invasions from elsewhere, though, so in that sense it did provide a false sense of security. You could argue that the Romans in Britain would have been better off to have provided more defenses for southern Britain instead spending so many resources building up a wall in the north. Even many medieval castles were ultimately taken (or just starved into submission). I also forgot to mention the great Maginot Line built by the French after WWI to stop another German invasion. It was worse than useless - the Germans simply went around it via Belgium, and over it with the Luftwaffe. #wallsaresoeffective
you should probably not use Hadrian's wall as an example of a failure as it seems to have done it's job during it's time.
not to belabor the point but it's easy when you compress time to say things don't work but in that case we're talking a wall that worked for like 350 years.
not to belabor the point but it's easy when you compress time to say things don't work over time but in that case we're talking a wall that worked for like 350 years.