What was Hadrian's Wall?

Sign up now at www.futurelearn.com/courses/ha.... 'Hadrian's Wall: Life on the Roman Frontier' is a free online course by Newcastle University available on FutureLearn.com.
Explore the archaeology of the most heavily fortified frontier in the Roman Empire, its people and their lives.
Hadrian's Wall stretches over 73 miles (117 km), from coast to coast in what is now Northern England. The Wall, complemented by a sophisticated system of outposts and coastal watch stations, offers a remarkable glimpse of ancient society. In addition to housing one of the largest concentrations of Roman soldiers anywhere in the Empire's provinces, Hadrian's frontier system was home to an incredibly cosmopolitan array of civilians.
As part of the course you can test your understanding with real case studies and participate in a series of archaeological experiments designed to help you appreciate the complexities of daily life on Rome's most famous frontier.
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[@LiterallyGod]

Night gathers, and now my watch begins

[@LiterallyGod]

lady galadriel yEw kNeEw NuThIn JuN sNuU

[@katiabueno9042]

I love English Language. It is so nice and beautiful! And the British accent is the most beautiful. I love it. God bless you.

[@RaulGonzalez-xt1kx]

French and Spanish are prettier than English

[@avalonjustin]

Imagine seeing the wall, with it's milecastles and turrets when it was first completed!

[@Brinta3]

Avalon Justin * its milecastles

[@malcolmstead272]

@@Brinta3 You have got to be kidding?

[@Brinta3]

@@malcolmstead272 I don’t kid about grammar.

[@malcolmstead272]

@@Brinta3 How pedantic!

[@antistiolabeo8950]

And imagine seeing all that with only your spear and your animal skins to confort you.

[@mariadespina80]

Called, in Latin, Vallum Hadriani or Vallum Aelium, Hadrian's Wall is a fortification whose construction began in 122 CE, in the Roman province of Britannia, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian - Trajan's successor. The grandiose construction began on the shores of the River Tyne, close to the North Sea, and reached the Irish Sea. It represented the northern limit of the Roman Empire, beyond which began the territories belonging to the free tribes of those lands, including the Picts. The wall was built by the Roman legionnaires, among whom there were also architects, masons or stonemasons. The components of the Roman legions had the status of Roman citizens. The soldiers who worked or carried out military activities at Hadrian's Wall came from northern Europe, there were also units brought from greater distances, made up of fighters of different nations. Among them were Asturians (from the Iberian Peninsula), Syrians and Geto-Dacians from the kingdom of Dacia, conquered by the Romans in 106. Current Romania.

[@hadrianerosalejos1084]

My wall!

[@adrien437]

I hadn't noticed I was such a great architect until this day

[@Brinta3]

Adrien Dupont I was only familiar with your bridge designs.

[@MrSadlife1]

I did this course several years ago - well worth the time

[@WhitewashTheThird]

Great course. Pity it's not available on FutureLearn now. Hope it comes back.....

[@nestingherit7012]

Dacians left the most legacy at Birdoswald. I found about 60 similar Romanian/ English words ( checked in Wiktionary and other dictionaries, to make sure they are not via French, or Latin) A few go to a common PIE origin, like , bulgare'( chunk) from IE b'h'alg'( pile)/ bulk. Ciuperca ( moshroom)/ perched over Slope / Prislop ( high altitude terrain in a shape of a saddle) But others are not. Natarau ( notus/ known+ rau/ bad from latin , reus'/ accused)/ notorious. Moaca ( funny face)/ to mock, mockery Tont,toanta ( dumb)/ to taunt Tantalau ( fool)/ tantalize Goana ( rush)/ gone. Frica' ( fear)/ freak A inshira ( spread)/ share. De'o seama/ The same. Scrob ( a food if mixed eggs with cheese and bacon)/ scrambled ( described as , unknown origin' in Wiktionary) Etc.

[@tiaansea3319]

Who remembers THE WALL from the movie Stardust?

[@malcolmstead272]

In pagan circles, it's known as the hedge.

[@robnewman6101]

This was a filming location for Robin Hood. Prince of Thieves 1991.

[@sharifahswaib9647]

❤ it's good

[@bigbob1699]

Busy work for all those Roman Legions ?

[@powervictory8819]

Great structure and wall. But a bad symbol to Roman’s suppression to Celtics? Not really sure about this. But salute to the wall from China! Same great structure and the wall near my home.

[@antistiolabeo8950]

It's an intellectual fallacy to judge any event of the ancient world according to modern social or ethical standard. Rome simply had the military and political superiority allowing it to conquer and assimilate the local population in an effort to impose what at the time surely appeared the triumph of civilization over the brutality of people still living under almost feral conditions.

[@robnewman6101]

The Romans were Great Road Builders.

[@robnewman6101]

Holy Roman Empire.

[@JK-uj8ur]

Was this a continuous, uninterrupted wall, or were there gaps in between?

[@malcolmstead272]

It was continuous and he failed to mention the river on the eastern side was considered as a natural barrier for the last 10 miles, but had a large fort south of the river guarding the estuary.

[@bigbob1699]

Sounds like a lot of busy work for legions with too much time on their hands. (what do you do with an army and no war?)

[@alvaro.martinez]

They had to fight incursions quite often.

[@Samilov]

Weel in roman army you served 25 years to become roman citizen but you only fight mayne 5 years you work in make road make bridge make castle in 20 years thats what makes roman infrastruction very succesful and make roma expansion very easy ( sorry my broken english )

[@Samilov]

And i think the roman soldiers would rather work than die with war on barbarians

[@golgumbazguide...4113]

Explore Golgumbaz

[@paolopollina3547]

Roma aeterna victrix

[@mylan6221]

It reminds me of the Niagara escarpment

[@abdulkadirismailismail9591]

I mean Best freind

[@mariadespina80]

BANNA ! The Dacians Fort on the wall of Hadrian. Banna-Birdoswald, Britannia-UK. BANNA - In Northumbria - the largest and oldest fort of the sixteen inscribed along the wall, the best preserved, with most vestiges, the only inhabited, and after the breakdown of the Roman empire, long after, by the descendants of those soldiers coming from Dacia . Banna! ... Birdoswald, as the Englishmen baptized it . This fortress was built and inhabited by 1000 soldiers from COHORS I AELIA DACORUM , recruited by the Roman Emperor Hadrian from Dacia ( actual Romania) at 120-125 AC , to fight against Scottish, Iuti and Picti from the north. After the Dacian wars (101-102 and 105-106), the Roman Empire used Dacian cohorts (military units of 500-1000 soldiers) throughout the Empire, archaeological discoveries pointing to their presence both in the United Kingdom today and in Turkey . '' '' They were remarkable warriors. They fought without fear of death and died laughing because they believed that their souls were immortal. The title "Aelia" itself was a great honor, for it derives from the entire name of Emperor Hadrian, a name that could be won only because of a military or cultural service out of the ordinary. At first they were sent to the Wall, in an outpost called Bewcastle, to fight first with the barbarian tribes. Send somehow to the sacrifice. At a fort located in an open, wilderness, without a wall, without forests, without anything around. That, precisely because they knew their courage and devotion in the fight. They were supposed to die, but they did not die. Then they came here to Banna, and they lived here until the end. They got lands, rights, ranks. They have remained forever there in their city. Yes. They were undoubtedly among the best fighters brought here to fight at Hadrian's wall. These are facts, certainties, "says the archaeologist Robin Birley ''' , British archaeologist Director of Excavations at the Roman site of Vindolanda and head of the Vindolanda research committee . The Dacians, the Romanians ancestors..

[@abdulkadirismailismail9591]

He wasy unle gaariye

[@rickysmyth]

Coming up next: Man invents ladder

[@abdulkadirismailismail9591]

Wad

[@abdulkadirismailismail9591]

Hadraawi bLan baanqaalada in qabri kugu hubsado

[@itsandyme9192]

The wall is too easy to climb over, it needs to be made taller.

[@lickitysmackity]

waste of my time and my uncle is one of THE LAST REMAINING #HADRIANS!