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Live Science on MSNHadrian's Wall: The defensive Roman wall that protected the frontier in Britain for 300 years
The wall is the largest Roman archaeological feature in Britain and was built to defend the northernmost limit of the Roman Empire.
Archaeologists uncovered Roman houses found in Rome beneath Piazza Venezia, revealing rare insights into working-class life.
Hadrian’s Wall in modern-day England marked one of the northern borders of the Roman Empire. But excavations along the wall are bringing to light a hidden history of the army and the Roman ...
British officials recently unveiled 25 silver denarii found by a metal detectorist in Great Ellingham. An expert told Fox ...
The emperor Hadrian was well known for building monuments across the Roman Empire, a territory that had reached its widest extent when his reign began in A.D. 117.
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TheTravel on MSN1,800-Year-Old Roman Artifact Found Near Hadrian's Wall Is An Archaeology Breakthrough
A precious gem found at Carlisle's Roman Bathhouse has illuminated the intricacies of religion on Rome's northernmost frontier.
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Archaeologists Discover Large Roman Shoes at Hadrian's Wall
The Roman Empire built 73 miles of wall to fortify its northern border in Great Britain. In AD 122, the Emperor Hadrian ordered its construction, and it remained the empire's border fortification ...
The Roman province of Britannia included only England and Wales but they were not able to subdue Scotland. The emperor Hadrian built a wall across the island at the border for defensive purposes.
Engineers believe Hadrian’s Aqueduct, which was constructed in the second century, can help the city conserve dwindling water ...
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNAthens Is Reviving a 2,000-Year-Old Roman Aqueduct to Deliver Water to the City Amid Prolonged Droughts
With the capital's reservoirs approaching historic lows, officials are turning to ancient engineering to conserve potable ...
All the authorities are agreed that he died under fifty, but it cannot have been, as one writer maintains, while still abroad, since we have a letter, dated ten years after the death of Verginius ...
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