[00:03.076] | Many of those towers still survive, though none are as daunting as the great stone stockade on Arran, off Ireland's west coast. |
[00:16.481] | And they didn't just spring up around the edges of the British islands, all over the mainland, too. |
[00:23.079] | The great hill forts of the Iron Age remain visible in terraced contours at places like Danebury and Maiden Castle. |
[00:30.248] | Lofty seats of power for the tribal chiefs, they were defended by rings of earthworks, timber palisades and ramparts. |
[00:46.029] | Behind those daunting walls, this was not a world in panicky retreat. |
[00:55.084] | The Iron Age Britain into which the Romans eventually crashed with such alarming force was a dynamic, expanding society. |
[01:04.099] | From their workshops came the spectacular metalwork with which the elite decorated their bodies. |
[01:10.087] | Armlets, pins and brooches and ornamental shields like this, the so-called Battersea Shield. |
[01:37.484] | Or the astonishing stylised bronze horses, endearingly melancholy in expression, like so many Eeyores resigned to a bad day in battle. |
[00:03.076] | Many of those towers still survive, though none are as daunting as the great stone stockade on Arran, off Ireland' s west coast. |
[00:16.481] | And they didn' t just spring up around the edges of the British islands, all over the mainland, too. |
[00:23.079] | The great hill forts of the Iron Age remain visible in terraced contours at places like Danebury and Maiden Castle. |
[00:30.248] | Lofty seats of power for the tribal chiefs, they were defended by rings of earthworks, timber palisades and ramparts. |
[00:46.029] | Behind those daunting walls, this was not a world in panicky retreat. |
[00:55.084] | The Iron Age Britain into which the Romans eventually crashed with such alarming force was a dynamic, expanding society. |
[01:04.099] | From their workshops came the spectacular metalwork with which the elite decorated their bodies. |
[01:10.087] | Armlets, pins and brooches and ornamental shields like this, the socalled Battersea Shield. |
[01:37.484] | Or the astonishing stylised bronze horses, endearingly melancholy in expression, like so many Eeyores resigned to a bad day in battle. |
[00:03.076] | Many of those towers still survive, though none are as daunting as the great stone stockade on Arran, off Ireland' s west coast. |
[00:16.481] | And they didn' t just spring up around the edges of the British islands, all over the mainland, too. |
[00:23.079] | The great hill forts of the Iron Age remain visible in terraced contours at places like Danebury and Maiden Castle. |
[00:30.248] | Lofty seats of power for the tribal chiefs, they were defended by rings of earthworks, timber palisades and ramparts. |
[00:46.029] | Behind those daunting walls, this was not a world in panicky retreat. |
[00:55.084] | The Iron Age Britain into which the Romans eventually crashed with such alarming force was a dynamic, expanding society. |
[01:04.099] | From their workshops came the spectacular metalwork with which the elite decorated their bodies. |
[01:10.087] | Armlets, pins and brooches and ornamental shields like this, the socalled Battersea Shield. |
[01:37.484] | Or the astonishing stylised bronze horses, endearingly melancholy in expression, like so many Eeyores resigned to a bad day in battle. |
[00:03.076] | 很多石塔虽得以幸存,却无一能如坐落在爱尔兰西海岸阿蓝岛上的大围栏般巍然屹立。 |
[00:16.481] | 石塔不仅在不列颠诸岛的边缘涌现,同样分布在本土。 |
[00:23.079] | 铁器时代的山地堡垒至今仍有部分,幸存于高地间,诸如Danebury与处女堡。 |
[00:30.248] | 部落首领至高无上的宝座,由环状的土方工程与木质的栅栏壁垒层层守卫着 。 |
[00:46.029] | 固若金汤的城池,让城内的人得以安居乐业。 |
[00:55.084] | 铁器时代不列颠在遭受罗马帝国铁蹄荼毒之前,曾经活力迸发扩张迅速。 |
[01:04.099] | 工场生产的精美金属制品,成了精英们最好的装饰。 |
[01:10.087] | 无论护臂、插脚、护胸,还是这装饰精美的巴特西盾牌。 |
[01:37.484] | 还有这精美绝伦的青铜马,表达着令人爱怜的愁思,就像一群战场受挫的小驴屹耳。 |