In Popular Culture
English Nobel Prize-winning author Rudyard Kipling contributed to popular image of the "Great Pict Wall" in his short stories about Parnesius, a Roman legionary who defended the Wall against the Picts and Vikings. Hal Foster (1892–1982), a Canadian-American illustrator, used the wall in his comic strip Prince Valiant.
American author George R. R. Martin has acknowledged that Hadrian's Wall was the inspiration for The Wall in his bestselling series A Song of Ice and Fire.
The wall has also been featured in recent films such as King Arthur, Centurion and The Eagle. The wall was featured in Season 8, episode 8, of the History Channel's Modern Marvels in 2001.
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