Hadrians Wall, extent of the Roman Empire. 4 pages on Hadrian's Wall One of the greatest monuments to the power - and limitations - of the Roman Empire, Hadrian's Wall ran for 73 miles across open country.
Why was it built? At the time of Julius Caesar's first small invasion of the south coast of Britain in 55 BC, the British Isles, like much of mainland Europe was inhabited by many Celtic tribes loosely united by a similar language and culture but nevertheless each distinct. He returned the next year and encountered the 4000 war chariots of the Catevellauni in a land "protected by forests and marshes, and filled with a great number of men and cattle. " He defeated the Catevellauni and then withdrew, though not before establishing treaties and alliances. Nearly 100 years later, in 43 AD, the Emperor Claudius sent Aulus Plautius and about 24,000 soldiers to Britain, this time to establish control under a military presence.
By the time Hadrian became Emperor in 117 AD the Roman Empire had ceased to expand. Return to the top ˆ. Frontiers of the Roman Empire. Frontiers of the Roman Empire The ‘Roman Limes’ represents the border line of the Roman Empire at its greatest extent in the 2nd century AD.
It stretched over 5,000 km from the Atlantic coast of northern Britain, through Europe to the Black Sea, and from there to the Red Sea and across North Africa to the Atlantic coast. The remains of the Limes today consist of vestiges of built walls, ditches, forts, fortresses, watchtowers and civilian settlements. Certain elements of the line have been excavated, some reconstructed and a few destroyed.
The two sections of the Limes in Germany cover a length of 550 km from the north-west of the country to the Danube in the south-east. Frontières de l’Empire romain Le « limes romain » représente la ligne frontière de l’Empire romain à son apogée au IIe siècle apr. حدود الأمبراطورية الرومانية يشكّل جدار "الليمز الروماني" حدود الإمبراطورية الرومانية عندما كانت في أوجها في القرن الثاني م. Source: UNESCO/ERI Укрепленные рубежи Римской империи Germany.
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