One of the biggest mysteries of Roman Britain is the disappearance of the Ninth Legion. As 5,000 of Rome's finest soldiers marched north to quell a rebellion, they suddenly realized they were ...
What it is: A defensive wall built by the Romans that once guarded the empire's northernmost frontier in England. Construction started around A.D. 122, after a visit to Britain by Emperor Hadrian ...
When the emperor Hadrian visited the province of Britannia in A.D. 122, he was in full command of the entire Roman Empire, which stretched some 2,500 miles east from northern Great Britain to ...