Hadrian's Wall or Wall

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Hadrian's reign had begun with the worst omens. Upon the death of Trajan his predecessor in August the situation was critical for Rome . Both the Jews and the territories recently conquered by Trajan in his campaign against the Parthians such as Mesopotamia and Armenia had revolted and there were problems elsewhere. Main forts and forts on Hadrian's Wall Terrible news came from the region of Britain . There was talk of the impossibility of continuing to dominate the island and of a large number of Romans killed in combat in their fight against the British tribes. The Birdoswald fort is one of the best preserved. Built from the felling of trees necessary for the construction of Hadrian's Wall. It remained occupied throughout the period in which the Roman province of Britannia remained in force.

The emperor discovered that the power of Rome had limits a reality until then inconceivable for a Roman. Hadrian chose to save the Empire and abandon the last provinces conquered by Trajan which offered so much resistance. Rome should CXB Directory preserve its borders and strengthen itself within. f On April Emperor Hadrian celebrated the anniversary of the founding of Rome. In Roman tradition the surface of the city of Rome could only be increased by those who had added new provinces to the Empire which was not the purpose of Hadrian who limited himself to restoring the traditional limits. The message was clear: the time for Roman expansion was over. A few days later the emperor left Rome to tour the western provinces: Gaul Germania Britain and Hispania .



The expedition had a clear military intention. On the one hand the emperor strove to restore discipline in the barracks. With the expectation of new conquests lost the lives of soldiers tended to relax and surround themselves with comforts inappropriate to military existence whose discipline and toughness the Emperor Hadrian was determined to restore. It is an ancient defensive construction on the island of Britannia which was built between and AD. C. by order of the Roman Emperor Hadrian to defend the subject British territory south of the wall from the warlike Pictish tribes that extended further north of the wall in what would later become Scotland  after the invasion of the Scots from Ireland .