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, huge, and long-lasting structures.

A view of Hadrian’s Wall showing its length and height. The upright stones on top of it are modern, to deter people from walking on it. Image credit: quisnovus – CC BY 2.0

Famous Hadrian’s Wall, also known as Picts’ Wall, Vallum Hadriani (in Latin), or simply the Roman Wall, was built on the northernmost fringe of the empire. The emperor Hadrian visited Britannia in AD 122 and ordered his generals to build a wall from the banks of the River Tyne near the North Sea to the Solway Firth on the Irish Sea.

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