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    Hadrian's Wall - Wikipedia

    • Hadrian's Wall (Latin: Vallum Hadriani, also known as the Roman Wall, Picts' Wall, or Vallum Aelium in Latin) is a former defensive fortification of the Roman province of Britannia, begun in AD 122 in the reign of the Emperor Hadrian. Running from Wallsend on the River Tyne in the east to Bowness-on-Solway in the west of what is now northern Engla… See more

    Dimensions

    The length of the wall was 80 Roman miles, equivalent to 73 modern miles; or 117 kilometres (1 Roman mile is equivalent to 1,620 yards; or 1,480 metres). This traversed the entire width of the island, from Wallsend o… See more

    Route

    Hadrian's Wall extended west from Segedunum at Wallsend on the River Tyne, via Carlisle and Kirkandrews-on-Eden, to the shore of the Solway Firth, ending a short but unknown distance west of the village of Bowness-o… See more

    LocationNorthern England
    Length73 miles (117 km)
    BuiltBegun 122 AD
    OwnerVarious private and public ownerships
    Purpose

    Hadrian's Wall was probably planned before Hadrian's visit to Britain in 122. According to restored sandstone fragments found in Jarrow which date from 118 or 119, it was Hadrian's wish to keep "intact the empire", w… See more

    Construction

    Hadrian ended his predecessor Trajan's policy of expanding the empire and instead focused on defending the current borders, namely at the time Britain. Like Augustus, Hadrian believed in exploiting natural boundarie… See more

    Garrison

    It is thought that following construction, and when fully manned, almost 10,000 soldiers were stationed on Hadrian's Wall, made up not of the legions who built it but by regiments of auxiliary infantry and cavalry drawn fro… See more

    Social and economic impact

    By about 200 BC, long before the Romans arrived in Britannia, the zone on both sides of the wall, from Lothian to the north and the River Wear to the south, had become dominated by rectilinear enclosures. These were the n… See more

    After Hadrian

    After Hadrian's death in 138, the new emperor, Antoninus Pius, left the wall occupied in a support role, essentially abandoning it. He began building the Antonine Wall about 160 kilometres (100 mi) north, acro… See more

     
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  1. Hadrian’s Wall, continuous Roman defensive barrier that guarded the northwestern frontier of the province of Britain from barbarian invaders. The wall extended from coast to coast across the width of northern Britain; it ran for 73 miles (118 km) from Wallsend (Segedunum) on the River Tyne in the east to Bowness on the Solway Firth in the west.
    www.britannica.com/topic/Hadrians-Wall
    Hadrian’s Wall, also known as the Roman Wall or Picts’ Wall, is the largest and possibly most famous ancient monument in Northern Europe. With construction beginning in AD 122 under the reign of the emperor Hadrian, the Wall was a stone and turf fortification built across the width of Great Britain to secure the Empire’s north-western border.
    englishhistory.net/romans/hadrians-wall/

    Hadrian’s Wall is the remains of stone fortifications built by the Roman Empire following its conquest of Britain in the second century A.D. The original structure stretched more than 70 miles across the northern English countryside from the River Tyne near the city of Newcastle and the North Sea, west to the Irish Sea.

    www.history.com/topics/ancient-rome/hadrians-wall
    Most famous is the wall across Britain that was named Hadrian's Wall after him. Hadrian's Wall was built, beginning in 122, to keep Roman Britain safe from hostile attacks from the Picts. It was the northernmost boundary of the Roman empire until early in the fifth century.
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  5. Hadrian's Wall | English Heritage

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  6. Hadrian's Wall - World History Encyclopedia

    WEBNov 15, 2012 · Hadrian 's Wall (known in antiquity as the Vallum Hadriani or the Vallum Aelian) is a defensive frontier work in northern Britain which dates from 122 CE. The wall ran from coast to coast at a length of 73 …

  7. History of Hadrian’s Wall | English Heritage

    WEBHadrian’s Wall was the north-west frontier of the Roman empire for nearly 300 years. It was built by the Roman army on the orders of the emperor Hadrian following his visit to Britain in AD 122. At 73 miles (80 Roman

  8. Hadrian’s Wall (article) | Middle empire | Khan Academy

    WEBHadrian’s Wall in Britain recently turned 1,900 years old. Its construction began in 122 C.E., when the emperor Hadrian ordered the Roman army to build a wall separating the province Britannia from contested land to the …

  9. What is Hadrian’s Wall? - HISTORY

    WEBOct 21, 2016 · Built on the orders of the Roman Emperor Hadrian and located in Great Britain, Hadrian’s Wall was a defensive fortification that marked the northwest frontier of the Roman Empire for three...

  10. Hadrian's Wall: History and Stories | English Heritage

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