The Might of the Roman Empire
Imagine this. It's AD 122 and you're a legionary in the Roman army. Your emperor has just ordered a wall built across the middle of Britain, from west to east, to keep the barbaric Scots out of Roman territory.
Little do you know, as you toil away in the brisk British breeze, that this wall will stand the test of time. It will become a monument symbolic of a country. Of a moment in history.
Hadrian’s Wall, proposed by, you guessed it, Emperor Hadrian of the Romans, stretches from the west of Britain, right across to the east. It runs for 73 miles, and even though it’s over 1,800 years old, parts of it still stand today. A testament to the skills of the Romans.