Hadrian's Wall
May 27th 2009 Having explored Roman ruins in previous trips around the Mediterranean in Turkey, Egypt, Croatia and Italy, we decided during this visit to the U.K. to explore the northern reaches of the Roman Empire.
Emperor Hadrian wanted to consolidate his empire rather than expand it so in 122 AD he ordered that a wall be built across England from Newcastle to Carlisle. It took soldiers from all three legi
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