Hadrian’s Wall: North-West Frontier Of The Roman Empire For Nearly 300 Years

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Romans were skilled builders, and throughout their vast empire, we find their impressive, massive, and long-lasting structures.

"The most impressive Roman remains in Britain today are military. Foremost amongst them are the fortifications of Hadrian's Wall, which hint at Britain's place within the Roman Empire.

 It was not a sleepy, urbanized province like Greece, Italy, or North Africa. Britain sat on the edge of the empire, somewhat precariously, since half of the island lay within the sphere of "Barbaricum."

 Warfare, or the threat of it, was a fact of life.: three of Rome's thirty legions sat here waiting to test their mettle against the hostile tribes of the north." 1

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