the Antonine Wall
/ði ˌæntənaɪn ˈwɔːl/
/ði ˌæntənaɪn ˈwɔːl/
- a wall built in 142 AD across southern Scotland during the reign of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius. It was about 37 miles/59 kilometres long and was intended to replace Hadrian's Wall further south as the northern frontier of the Roman Empire, but it had to be abandoned by 197 AD. Little of the wall now remains.
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