The Great Wall of China was a precursor to this Roman wall, named after an Emperor.
2007-05-26 10:34:39 · 4 answers · asked by firemanjj82 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Hadrian's Wall (Britain)?
2007-05-26 10:37:33 · answer #1 · answered by P Walker 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This was known as HADRIAN'S WALL, named after the emperor Hadrian who reigned from 118-142 A.D. He was a great builder and built the wall as a line of demarcation and a sign to the northern tribes known as the Picts that this was the frontier of the Roman Empire.
It is approximately 73 miles long and stretchs from Newcastle to the west coast. It had 17 great fortresses as well as mile castles at intervals of one Roman mile which was a bit less than a modern mile. Approximately a little more than a kilometre. Between each two mile casltes there were two watchtowers. There were 10 Auxilury cohorts on the wall (each cohort = 500 men):= 5,000 out of an auxilury contingen in Briton of 30 cohorts(15,000 men). The legions were somewhat back from the wall as this gave them the flexibility in attending to any serious emergency.
The wall was about 20 feet high and a ditch behind it at about 100 yards back. Between the wall and the ditch was a road. The area between the ditch and the wall was considered military territory. Towns grew up at the fortresses and they had all the conveniences. Baths, shops, services(brothels, post offices, wine shops, entertainment, good and food shops) and trades(blacksmiths, stables, crafts, doctors and mechanics< for horse's parts, machines and weapons> ) The wall still exists in parts, but lower than the original. It is a popular tourist attraction as well as an area of historic study. Many historic artifacts have been found there and it gives us a very good detail of how the soldiers lived(eg: letters from to and from home, medallions, coins and inscriptions). Hope this helps.
2007-05-27 00:50:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Can only be Hadrian's Wall, built to keep the Picts and Scots out of Roman Britain, sometime around the 3rd century AD.
2007-05-26 17:48:03 · answer #3 · answered by Chrispy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could you be referring to Hadrian's Wall? I don't know the dates of it. Let me check. Okay, it was built in 122 A.D., to keep the Picts and Scots out of what is now England.
2007-05-26 20:18:01 · answer #4 · answered by henry d 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋