Tiny remnants of paint have been detected by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). License. Construction began in AD 142 at the order of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius, and took about twelve years to complete. Today, you can explore the traces of ramparts, steep ditches, and the remains of forts and bathhouses – and imagine what life was like for the Romans posted on this remote frontier. Scotland in the 16th Century, Related Links Map of the Roman Empire AD 117     While limited—and unstratified—finds have been dated to later periods, and there is evidence for continued Roman activities up to and beyond the Wall (as, for example, with the short campaigns of Septimius Severus in the early 3rd century CE), the archaeological evidence strongly favours the view that the Antonine Wall was never recommissioned or reoccupied by the Roman army after the early 160s CE. Use the interactive map to explore the surviving sites along the line of the Antonine Wall, or discover some of its incredible objects in one of the many museum collections. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. Map of the European Provinces of the Roman Map of Roman Britain around 410     Antonine Wall People in History J - M Native Americans & EUROPE MAPS: O - Q The barrier was the second of two "great walls" created by the Romans in Britannia. Map Description Map of the Antonine Wall, Scotland, built AD 142/143, Roman Britain. Bored?Castles and Palaces Copyright © Historic UK Ltd. Company Registered in England No. Poets, Writers & Musicians, Painters & Later visitors to the wall appear to have been a little more impressed than the Caledonians, as many centuries later its remains became known as the Devil’s Dyke, because people could not believe that it had originally been built by the hand of man. Documents Chronological The Antonine Wall: Papers in Honour of Professor Lawrence Keppie, Edge of Empire, Rome's Scottish Frontier: The Antonine Wall, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. Further mapping activity was carried out to support the nomination of the Wall as a World Heritage Site[42][45], Modern computer techniques like using GIS can now map the wall in 3-dimensions which makes it much easier to study for example how visible forts and fortlets were to their fellow soldiers along the wall.[46]. Ancient History Encyclopedia. The purpose was apparently to defend the frontier from raids by those pesky Caledonians (northern Britons who had developed a troublesome habit of sending raiding parties south, in order to relieve their richer southern neighbours of some of their wealth)! Military Way MAPS: G This application allows you to explore, and learn more about, the Antonine Wall, part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site. Write Me, Sitemap 01   Sitemap 02