WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Hadrian’s Wall was the north-west frontier of the Roman empire for nearly 300 years. It was built by the Roman army on the orders of the emperor Hadrian following his visit to Britain in AD 122.

Detailed explanation-2: -Built, occupied and then abandoned by the Romans in the space of twenty years, the Wall has left its mark on Scotland’s landscape. Since 2008, the Antonine Wall has been part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site alongside Hadrian’s Wall and the German Limes.

Detailed explanation-3: -He built Hadrian’s Wall to secure the Empire’s north-western border in the province of Britannia. Legionaries were heavily armed infantry, who came from across the Empire.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hadrian’s Wall is the most visible and best-known land frontier of the Roman empire, with parts of it visible through many miles. The most important and substantial of Roman remains in Britain, it is also one of the most dramatic features of the landscape of northern England.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hadrian’s Wall (Latin: Vallum Aelium), also known as the Roman Wall, Picts’ Wall, or Vallum Hadriani in Latin, is a former defensive fortification of the Roman province of Britannia, begun in AD 122 in the reign of the Emperor Hadrian.