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The north granary of Housesteads Roman Fort (Vercovicium). All Roman forts had granaries (horrea) to store sufficient supplies for the garrison and for soldiers out on campaign. The granaries of Housesteads Roman Fort are the most substantial...

The north gate of Housesteads Roman Fort (Vercovicium) and the line of Hadrian's Wall reaching eastwards across the Knag Burn Gateway towards Sewingshields.

The communal toilets at the Housesteads Roman fort (Vercovicium) are the finest preserved latrine from Roman Britain. The latrine was located at the lowest point of the fort and was fed by water from the adjacent cistern down. Wooden seating...

A view of Hadrian's Wall at Cuddy's Crags, looking east along the wall, half a mile west of Housesteads Roman Fort.

The remains of the Temple of Antenociticus are located in Benwell, a residential area a few miles west of the centre of Newcastle. It was a small temple to the native god Antenociticus, in the civilian settlement (vicus), which stood outside...

The Vallum Crossing at Benwell in western Newcastle is a stone-built causeway, where the road from the south crossed the Vallum earthwork (a steep-sided and flat-bottomed ditch running the length of Hadrian's Wall) on its way to Benwell fort...

The mithraeum at Carrawburgh is a temple dedicated to the god Mithras at Carrawburgh Roman Fort (Brocolitia), one of 16 forts along the 73-mile-long (117 km) Hadrian's Wall. It was built by soldiers around 200 CE and destroyed about 350 CE...

The ronin attack the principal gate of Kira's mansion, by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), Act XI, Scene 2 of the Chushingura.

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi Visiting Nikkō Shrine, woodblook print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1875. Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Statue of Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), Hiraizumi-cho, Japan.