Hadrian's Wall
Hadrian's Wall was a stone and turf fortification built by the Roman Empire across the width
of Great Britain to prevent military raids by the tribes of Scotland to the north, to improve
economic stability and provide peaceful conditions in the Roman province of Britannia to the
south, to physically mark the frontier of the Empire, and to separate the unruly Selgovae tribe
in the north from the Brigantes in the south and discourage them from uniting.
The name is also sometimes used jocularly as a synonym for the border between Scotland and
England, although for most of its length the wall follows a line well south of the modern
border -- and neither the Scoti tribe nor the English lived in Britain at the time of the wall's
construction.
The wall was the northern border of the Empire in Britain for much of the Roman Empire's
rule, and also the most heavily fortified border in the Empire. In addition to its use as a
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