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[[Image:Hadrian's Wall.gif|thumb|At Milecastle 42, Cawfields.]]
[[Image:Hadrian's Wall.gif|thumb|At Milecastle 42, Cawfields.]]
[[File:Hadrian's Wall.jpg|thumb|150px|Near Housesteads in Northumberland.]]
[[File:Hadrian's Wall.jpg|thumb|200px|Near Housesteads in Northumberland.]]
'''Hadrian's Wall''', also called the "Roman Wall" or "Picts' Wall," was a [[border wall]] built by the Romans across [[Britain]] in the 2nd century AD to mark and defend their northern frontier from [[Picts|Pictish]] incursions (an alternative theory is that is was not primarily a defensive structure but a tax barrier). The [[Roman Emperor]] [[Hadrian]] visited Britain in AD 122, and the wall began construction around the time of his visit, and upon his orders.
'''Hadrian's Wall''', also called the "Roman Wall" or "Picts' Wall," was a [[border wall]] built by the Romans across [[Britain]] in the 2nd century AD to mark and defend their northern frontier from [[Picts|Pictish]] incursions (an alternative theory is that is was not primarily a defensive structure but a tax barrier). The [[Roman Emperor]] [[Hadrian]] visited Britain in AD 122, and the wall began construction around the time of his visit, and upon his orders.