Course: Hadrian's Wall: Life on the Roman Frontier

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Hadrian’s Wall ceased to be an official Roman frontier once Britain was no longer part of the Roman Empire. However, that does not mean that Hadrian’s Wall was simply abandoned, …

While our course has come to an end, this does not mean that your brief study of the Wall has to finish. Every year, there are numerous events and fora …

To the north of the Wall lay a ditch, normally omitted only where the presence of crags and marshes rendered it unnecessary. Its appearance varied from place to place, but …

To appreciate the Wall and the people who lived in its shadow, we should place them in time. The diagram below offers a simple timeline of major events in the …

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By this stage you should have a good sense of what Hadrian’s Wall looked like, and indeed, how the soldiers who built it and manned it appeared. So we are …

In this course we are going to confront the remarkable story of Hadrian’s Wall. It is a story that might surprise you. A story of an empire which denied all …