HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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The Great Wall of China
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Hadrian’s Wall
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The Berlin Wall
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The Great Barrier Reef
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Emperor Hadrian Under Hadrian’s orders, the Roman governors of Britain began building the wall that would later be named for the emperor to defend the part of Britain they controlled from attack. In Hadrian’s words, they wanted to “separate Romans from the barbarians” to the north.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hadrian’s Wall extends across Northumberland and Cumbria, and once marked the north western border of the Roman Empire. The wall stretches from Bowness on Solway, Cumbria in the east to Wallsend, Newcastle in the west.
Detailed explanation-4: -As we have seen, Hadrian’s Wall was built primarily as a frontier to the Roman Empire. This frontier provided protection from hostile enemies and a base for military units. But the Wall was also a lasting monument to Hadrian, an emperor who valued peace and stability over military expansion and personal triumph.