[[File:Hadrian's Wall.jpg|thumb|225px|The remains of Hadrian's Wall]]
[[File:Hadrian's Wall.jpg|thumb|225px|The remains of Hadrian's Wall]]
{{See also|Hadrian's Wall}}
{{See also|Hadrian's Wall}}
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Hadrian's Wall is in the north of [[England]], running 73 miles (118 km) from coast-to-coast.<ref name="Hadrian'sWall">Breeze, David J. [https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hadrians-Wall Hadrian’s Wall]. ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved August 26, 2017.</ref> The wall was constructed after the [[Roman Emperor]] [[Hadrian]] visited Britannica in 122 A.D., and construction lasted six years.<ref name="Hadrian'sWall"/> The Wall was intended to defend Britain's northern border from the barbarians.<ref name="Hadrian'sWall"/>