WARNING!!! the wall is very old so don't go expecting somthing like the great wall of china,which is much more modern, it is annoying for people who work at the excavation sites when someone asks where the real wall is thinking it stil stands the size it used to be
@MrForrest1991 They did initially push north and defeated the northern tribes at Graupius but then one of the four legions in Britain was withdrawn to Dacia because of a rebedllion there. So the lack of manpower caused them to initially abandon taking the whole island. At this slightly later the wall was supposedly dual purpose. Yes it was a barrier against the tribes further north but it was also used to control the tribes to the south especially the Brigantes
I cant help but wander, wouldnt it have been cheaper to just conquer the sparsly populated north of Britannia? Its not like the Picts were the most elite tribe in Britannia, the Romans had already defeated the most powerfull tribes further south.
@dslyace Re-read my post. You're posting to the wrong poster. I already told Mad Mac that the entirety of the wall is in England. He claimed it was on Scotland.
@MadMac2236 "For starters, Hadrian's Wall is in Scotland, not Northern England! Can't the Americans get anything right?" I live in Scotland just about an hour and a half walk from the border with England. I'd need to drive through England for well over an hour before I go to the wall though. The entirety of it is in England. On the extreme west it is near the Scottish border but elsewhere it is nowhere near. In the east it end at Wallsend on Tyneside. Far to the south of the Scottish border
@MadMac2236 I hope you realize that not all of the documents are made by Americans.. it may be American media but the research is not always by Americans. And I actually did some research on this.. the wall lies entirely in England and south of the border with Scotland. So not just the history channel knows this. Just because you're from there doesn't mean you know what you're talking about.
WARNING!!! the wall is very old so don't go expecting somthing like the great wall of china,which is much more modern, it is annoying for people who work at the excavation sites when someone asks where the real wall is thinking it stil stands the size it used to be
cragside15 6 days ago
@MrForrest1991 BECAUSE NO ONE WILL EVER TAKE SCOTLAND
theWorldgottalent 3 weeks ago
@MrForrest1991 They did initially push north and defeated the northern tribes at Graupius but then one of the four legions in Britain was withdrawn to Dacia because of a rebedllion there. So the lack of manpower caused them to initially abandon taking the whole island. At this slightly later the wall was supposedly dual purpose. Yes it was a barrier against the tribes further north but it was also used to control the tribes to the south especially the Brigantes
gaconnochie 4 months ago
I cant help but wander, wouldnt it have been cheaper to just conquer the sparsly populated north of Britannia? Its not like the Picts were the most elite tribe in Britannia, the Romans had already defeated the most powerfull tribes further south.
MrForrest1991 4 months ago
@dslyace Re-read my post. You're posting to the wrong poster. I already told Mad Mac that the entirety of the wall is in England. He claimed it was on Scotland.
gaconnochie 4 months ago
@gaconnochie No you are wrong. You are thinking of the Antonine Wall. The Hadrian wall is in England.
dslyace 4 months ago
@gaconnochie - I know - now! I have stood well and truly corrected for sometime now!
MadMac2236 6 months ago
@MadMac2236 "For starters, Hadrian's Wall is in Scotland, not Northern England! Can't the Americans get anything right?" I live in Scotland just about an hour and a half walk from the border with England. I'd need to drive through England for well over an hour before I go to the wall though. The entirety of it is in England. On the extreme west it is near the Scottish border but elsewhere it is nowhere near. In the east it end at Wallsend on Tyneside. Far to the south of the Scottish border
gaconnochie 6 months ago
@aarongrantmacdonald
I read a letter from a roman soldier of the garrison.
He wrote to his relatives that the Scots were awful and did not even throw a javelin from horseback.
Miauriceful 9 months ago
@MadMac2236 I hope you realize that not all of the documents are made by Americans.. it may be American media but the research is not always by Americans. And I actually did some research on this.. the wall lies entirely in England and south of the border with Scotland. So not just the history channel knows this. Just because you're from there doesn't mean you know what you're talking about.
Amputate 10 months ago