- The history of Hadrian's wall started as the most expensive civil engineering project of its time, and as the northermost frontier of the Empire.
- Hadrian's Wall between Gisland and Birdoswald. ... Hadrian’s Wall is the most important monument built by the Romans in Britain.
- Discover the remains of the forts, towers, turrets and towns that once kept watch over Hadrian’s Wall. ... Hadrian’s Wall in the West.
- Hadrian’s Wall is the most important monument built by the Romans in Britain. The Wall was the north-west frontier of the Roman empire for nearly 300 years.
- 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.
- Hadrian’s Wall is a historic Roman wall in England that was utilized as a defense fortification during the reign of Emperor Hadrian.
- These structures were architecturally integrated into Hadrian’s Wall, contributing to the frontier’s defensive capabilities by providing additional layers of observation.
- The Latin names of some of the Hadrian's Wall forts are known, from the Notitia Dignitatum and other evidence.
- Why Was Hadrian’s Wall Built? Hadrian’s frontiers all over the empire had used natural features as boundaries for Roman territories.
- This time a new frontier, the Antonine Wall, was rapidly established between the Forth and Clyde rivers and Hadrian’s Wall was promptly abandoned.