In the simple words of Julius Caesar, "Veni, vidi, vici." Their meaning: I came I saw and I conquered. This is exactly what Roman Emperor Hadrian did when he built the famous wall across Britain. Hadrian’s wall was truly a magnificent accomplishment. Unlike the Great Wall of China, it was not built from slave labor or anything of the sort, but skilled craftsman, many of who gave their lives for Rome. In 122 A.D., Hadrian ordered his troops to construct a wall for protection of Britannia and keep the Scottish tribes in check. The Picts were a particularly vulgar group of Scots. The tribe was responsible for one hundred percent of the attacks along the wall, and without the wall, it was very hard to keep control of Britannia. With the building
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The figures are inexact, but over 15,000 men probably built the wall. And the overseer of this project was the governor, Aulus Platorius. According to English-heritage.org.uk, “the three legions of regular, trained troops in Britain, each consisting of about 5,000 heavily armed infantrymen, provided the main body of men building the Wall. However, they were assisted by the auxiliary units – the other main branch of the provincial army – and even the British fleet.” Hadrian’s wall was finished six years later, even though it could have been done within three to five if they stuck to the original plan. In the end the wall was stronger due to these changes and use of forts. The wall was originally going to be built to 10 Roman-feet wide but they eventually had to decrease it due to cost to 8-feet wide. According to aboutscotland.com, “Mile castles were placed at regular intervals. Each pair of Mile castles had two turrets between them. A Mile castle could garrison between eight and 32 men. Turrets could also shelter some soldiers though they may have served primarily as lookout vantage points. As Hadrian's project evolved, more legionaries were moved up to the wall and large forts were built which straddled it.” Sixteen forts were built along the wall, according to primaryfacts.com. “Each one could house 800 soldiers and had its own prison, hospital, bakery and stables.” Along the wall there was mile castles and forts, mile castles were run by legions normally and auxiliaries ran the forts. Legions were battalions of normally 500 and were warriors. According to English-heritage.org.uk, “they were originally recruited from the warrior peoples that Rome had encountered in her frontier wars. They were valued for skills, which the legions lacked, such as mounted warfare.” Construction of Hadrian’s Wall was a feat of the ancient world, it was a tactical move for the Roman Empire to keep their territory
The figures are inexact, but over 15,000 men probably built the wall. And the overseer of this project was the governor, Aulus Platorius. According to English-heritage.org.uk, “the three legions of regular, trained troops in Britain, each consisting of about 5,000 heavily armed infantrymen, provided the main body of men building the Wall. However, they were assisted by the auxiliary units – the other main branch of the provincial army – and even the British fleet.” Hadrian’s wall was finished six years later, even though it could have been done within three to five if they stuck to the original plan. In the end the wall was stronger due to these changes and use of forts. The wall was originally going to be built to 10 Roman-feet wide but they eventually had to decrease it due to cost to 8-feet wide. According to aboutscotland.com, “Mile castles were placed at regular intervals. Each pair of Mile castles had two turrets between them. A Mile castle could garrison between eight and 32 men. Turrets could also shelter some soldiers though they may have served primarily as lookout vantage points. As Hadrian's project evolved, more legionaries were moved up to the wall and large forts were built which straddled it.” Sixteen forts were built along the wall, according to primaryfacts.com. “Each one could house 800 soldiers and had its own prison, hospital, bakery and stables.” Along the wall there was mile castles and forts, mile castles were run by legions normally and auxiliaries ran the forts. Legions were battalions of normally 500 and were warriors. According to English-heritage.org.uk, “they were originally recruited from the warrior peoples that Rome had encountered in her frontier wars. They were valued for skills, which the legions lacked, such as mounted warfare.” Construction of Hadrian’s Wall was a feat of the ancient world, it was a tactical move for the Roman Empire to keep their territory