good fences do good neighbours make! - monomonday

The Roman Emperor Hadrian went to Britain in 122 and, in the words of his biographer, “was the first to build a wall, 80 miles long, to separate the Romans from the barbarians.”

The initial construction of the wall took approximately six years, and expansions were later made. After Hadrian’s demise, his successor Antoninus Pius decided to extend the Roman dominion northward by building a new wall in Scotland.

The subsequent structure, known as Antonine Wall, stretched for 37 miles along the narrow isthmus between the estuaries of the Rivers Forth and Clyde.

Within two decades, however, the Antonine Wall was abandoned in favour of the old Hadrian’s Wall, which the Romans continued to occupy/use until the end of Roman rule in Britain.

Hadrian’s Wall was built mainly by soldiers of the three legions of Britain, but it was manned by the second-line auxiliary troops.

And that concludes today's foray into Scottish history

It's mono Monday and the theme I believe (Lord knows I should really pay attention to these things) is 'sharp' and what, pray tell, you ask does any of this have to do with the other?

I don't know