- To the north of Hadrian’s Wall was a V-shaped ditch and to the south was another line of defense called the “Vallum,” which was constructed gradually.
- Marching 73 miles from coast to coast, Hadrian’s Wall was built to guard the wild north-west frontier of the Roman Empire.
- On 13 March 2010 a public event Illuminating Hadrian's Wall took place, which saw the route of the wall lit with 500 beacons.
- Built by the Roman Army on the orders of Emperor Hadrian, the Hadrian Wall was the North West frontier of the Roman Empire for close to 300 years.
- The Latin names of some of the Hadrian's Wall forts are known, from the Notitia Dignitatum and other evidence.
- Visitors to Hadrian's Wall can choose to walk along the wall itself, to visit interesting sites and museums along the wall or to combine the two activities.
- Hadrian's Wall was a Roman frontier built not just to prevent movement but also to control movement - especially the movement of the Picts.
- This time a new frontier, the Antonine Wall, was rapidly established between the Forth and Clyde rivers and Hadrian’s Wall was promptly abandoned.
- Hadrian’s Wall “was a defensive fortification in the Roman province of Britannia, begun in 122 AD in the reign of the emperor Hadrian.
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