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Bede obviously identified Gildas's stone wall as Hadrian's Wall, but he sets its construction in the 5th century rather than the 120s, and does not mention Hadrian. And he would appear to have believed that the ditch-and-mound barrier known as the Vallum (just to the south of, and contemporary with, Hadrian's Wall) was the rampart constructed ...
In 122 the legion started work on Hadrian's Wall which would sustain the peace for two decades. Twenty years later, they helped construct the Antonine Wall and its forts such as Castlecary [7] and Croy Hill [8] but it was largely abandoned by 164. In 2020 a replica of the Eastermains stone was installed in Twechar.
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. Hadrian's Wall (Latin: Vallum Hadriani, also known as the Roman Wall, Picts' Wall, or Vallum Aelium in Latin) is a former defensive fortification of the Roman province of Britannia, begun in AD 122 in the reign of the Emperor Hadrian. [1]
Emperor Antoninus Pius orders the construction of the Antonine Wall across the Central Belt of Scotland. [2] 154. Governor Gnaeus Julius Verus suppresses a revolt by the Brigantes. [2] Antonine Wall overrun. [2] 155. Fire destroys much of central Verulamium . [3] 158. Refortification of Hadrian's Wall begins. [2] 160. Antonine Wall reoccupied ...
David John Breeze, OBE, FSA, FRSE, HonFSAScot, Hon MIFA (born 25 July 1944) is a British archaeologist, teacher and scholar of Hadrian's Wall, the Antonine Wall and the Roman army. He studied under Eric Birley and is a member of the so-called "Durham School" of archaeology.
The Hadrianic Society was a British historical society focused upon Hadrian's Wall and Roman Britain as well as the Antonine Wall, the Gask Ridge, and other Roman Frontier systems. [1] [2] It was founded in 1971 [3] under the leadership of Brian Dobson, [4] David Breeze, and Valerie Maxfield. [1] [5] The Hadrianic Society closed in 2018. Some ...
The Gask Ridge system was constructed sometime between 70 and 80 AD. [7] Construction on Hadrian's Wall was started 42 years after completion of the Gask Ridge (from 122 to 130 AD), and the Antonine Wall was started 12 years after completion of Hadrian's Wall (from 142 to 144 AD).
Uxellodunum was abandoned like the rest of the wall when the Antonine wall was built in 142-144, but was rebuilt in stone in about 165 when Hadrian's Wall was reinstated as the frontier. [13] Uxelodunum housed a nominal 1,000-strong cavalry regiment, the Ala Gallorum Petriana, [14] the sole regiment of this size along the wall.