Charles O. Cecil

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Charles O. Cecil ([email protected]) served 36 years in the US Foreign Service, and he retired in 2007 to devote himself to photography and writing. His images are online at www.cecilimages.com.

Articles by Charles O. Cecil

Hadrian's Syrians

Hadrian's Syrians

Stretching 80 Roman miles across northern England, Hadrian’s Wall took 8,000 men to maintain and defend, among them some 500 Syrian archers. With them came merchants, too, including one Barates, who married a local woman. When she died, he memorialized her on stone, leaving a glimpse of daily life along Hadrian’s Wall.
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