![]() ![]() That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp. ![]() Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built in all the same, just to show them. “When I first came here, this was all swamp. There are still long sections of intact wall particularly between Chesters Fort and Housesteads Fort The Building of the Wall By this, he meant the Scots.Īnd so a wall was built. So Hadrian commissioned the building of a wall to protect the borders of the Empire and keep out “the barbarians”. There were ongoing rebellions in Britannia which Rome had a devilish time controlling. The region that now comprises England and Wales was, in 122 AD, the northernmost outpost of the empire. The most far flung outpost, however, was Britannia. The Empire during this time was quite far flung, reaching from what is now Portugal east to Armenia and Romania south to Israel. ![]() ![]() Hadrian was the Roman Emperor from 117-138 AD. Who is Hadrian? And What’s With His Wall? Hikers can patrol the old border, taking in the ancient history…and the view. Hiking on the Hadrian’s Wall path gives visitors the opportunity to make like a Roman soldier. Built by the Romans, appropriated by the British and now presided over by hikers, Hadrian’s Wall guards the old northern border between England and Scotland. ![]()
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