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Hadrian's 80 mile long wall separating northern Britain from Roman Britain is fairly well-known. Did you know Hadrian also built another wall along the Danube that was 340 miles long? I just find this amazing! The British wall was stone, so much of it is still left. The Danube wall was mostly earthen and wood so there isn't much evidence left behind.
If the wall in Britain is considered a lime then yes. But I was referrring to a continuous, solid wall. A lime was a border, but it didn't necessarily have to be continuous, correct?
I believe, but am not certain, that the Limes were further extended after Hadrian's time but eventually fell out of use because of the impracticality of actually defending them. The Romans eventually settled on a Defense in Depth that worked for a few hundred years until the original Latin part of the army was a minority and the Roman army had been mostly barbarized.
Hadrian wanted to consolodate the Empire rather than expand. I think he built a lot of walls because maybe it was easier to defend and perhaps his way to define borders. There's one in Northern Africa too but it was to protect the fertile land and cities. It was big too, but didn't cross the continent or anything. When I find a link to his speech about that I'll post it.Reading about these engineering feats is interesting and Hadrian did a lot.
Hadrian was one of the Four Good Emperors. Along with Nerva, Trajan, and Antoninus Pius. Probably the best Emperors Rome had besides Augustus himself. Marcus Aurelius is sometimes included in this list to make five.
Hadrian was one of the Four Good Emperors. Along with Nerva, Trajan, and Antoninus Pius. Probably the best Emperors Rome had besides Augustus himself. Marcus Aurelius is sometimes included in this list to make five.
I was going to say....I've heard of the "Five Good Emperors" but not the "Four". But anyway, Ski I had just been learning about Roman liminal structures including the walls. I believe two were actually built in Britain....after the first, another one further to the north.
The wall north of hadrians was never completed though. Those dang Scots drove them out before the Romans could finish it.
A cool happening just a few days ago at Hadrian's Wall:
AFP - Hadrian's Wall, a Roman-era fortification spanning the width of northern England, was lit up from end-to-end by volunteers carrying flaming torches.As night fell, 500 gas flames were lit at 250-metre intervals for 84 miles (135 kilometres) from Wallsend in northeast England to Bowness-on-Solway in the northwest.
http://www.france24.com/en/20100314-flaming-torches-light-britains-hadrians-wall
