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Why and how was Hadrian’s Wall constructed and how effectively did it serve to its purpose?
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Why and how was Hadrian's Wall constructed and how effectively did it serve to its purpose? The introduction The Roman Empire faced several problems with its frontiers in deferent parts of the world. Some of them were due to the lack of natural boundaries other due to threats from 'barbaric' tribes. However it is Britain which posses the remains of the European most famous solution of this problem, Hadrian's Wall. Stephen Johnson points out that it is ironic that "Britain, which must be regarded as something of an offshoot of the main European Roman world, should contain on of the today's best known Roman frontiers-Hadrian's Wall".1 The conquest of he British Isles In 55 and 54 B.C. Julius Caesar invaded Britain and defeated the tribe Catevellauni of Kent. Like most of the Western Europe at the time, Britain was populated by Celtic tribes, who were only very loosely united. However circumstances, especially the political...
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