By Belen Alarcon Ruedaalarueca3@gmail.com

Hadrian´s wall was a defensive fortification in northern England.

The emperor Hadrian built the wall in 122 AD, when the Romans took over Britain and the country became rich, with farms and trade.

The wealth attracted northern tribes (the Picts), who lived in Scotland (North of Britain). They stole and burnt the farms.

To stop this, the Emperor Hadrian built a great wall across northern Britain.

Hadrian the

emperor

Picts’ land and a Pict man

The Roman Emperor Hadrian visited Britain in AD 122. According to the stone found in Jarrow (date 118), it was Hadrian's wish to keep "intact the empire," and announce the building of the wall.

Hadrian’ s wall today

  This wall was the first of

two fortifications built across Great Britain. The second wall was Antonine Wall, less important for us. The second wall was constructed in 142 AD by the new emperor Antoninus (after Hadrian). Antonine´s Wall was built 160 kilometers further in the north.

A map with Hadrian’ s Wall and Antonine Wall, less

known and less important

 

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ANTONINUS

Hadrian´s Wall remained occupied by Roman troops until the end of the Roman Empire.

ANTONINE´S WALL The line of Antonine Wall Antonine bathhouse

Hadrian’ s statue

Hadrian’s Wall was the most heavily fortified border in the Empire. The wall was used like a military fortification.

Hadrian's Wall was 120 Kilometers. The wall has:

1. small forts called milecastles.

2. a lot of towers called turrets.

A milecastle’s reconstrution

The soldiers who patrolled the wall lived in barracks in the milecastles. 

In front of Hadrian's Wall there was a ditch, that acted as an extra defense.

A road was built behind the wall. This road communicated all Hadrian's wall, and soldiers could move better when the enemies were quick. Roman

soldier

ROMAN ROADS The Romans were good builders. They built

Hadrian's wall and other constructions in Britain. The Romans constructed a lot of roads. These roads were used by the soldiers, by the traders and travelers. The Romans built their roads in straight lines.

Roman roads

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An important portion of the wall still exists (the mid-section). The wall can be followed on foot by Hadrian´s Wall Path or by bike on National Cycle Route 72. It is the most popular tourist attraction in Northern England, where it is often known simply as the Roman Wall, or the Wall. It was made a UNESCO World Heritage in 1987.

English government describes Hadrian's wall as "the most important monument built by the Romans in Britain".

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"intact the empire” ------------Adriano deseó mantener

intacto el imperio

Across-------------------------------- De un

extremo al otro

Further-------------------------------------- Más lejano

Remained---------------------------- Permaneció Milecastles-------------------------- Castillos cada

milla Builder----------------------------- Constructor In straight lines-------------------- En línea recta most heavily fortified border---- Más

fuertemente fortificada de la frontera