HISTORY & CIVILIZATIONS · 122
Housesteads Roman Fort, England
Hadrian's Wall ran about 117 km from coast to coast. Housesteads held a garrison of around 800 soldiers.
The story, as a puzzle
The empire's northern edge.
Begun around 122 CE on an emperor's orders, a stone wall marked the northwestern frontier of the Roman Empire. Pin this fort on its central section.
Where it is
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