The Antonine Wall: Rome's Final Frontier. Built around AD 142 in the reign of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius, the Antonine Wall ran coast-to-coast across Scotland from the Clyde to the Firth of Forth. This permanent gallery at the Hunterian Museum showcases the collection of spectacular monumental sculpture and other Roman artefacts recovered The Antonine Wall was abandoned in the 160s, and the army returned to Hadrian's Wall. Antonine Wall, Roman frontier barrier in Britain, extending about 36.5 miles (58.5 km) across Scotland between the River Clyde and the Firth of Forth. The wall was built in the years after ad 142 on the orders of the emperor Antoninus Pius by the Roman army The Antonine Wall. Arguably the most magnificent Roman military monument left in Scotland today is the impressive remains of the Antonine Wall. Scotland lay on the northwest frontier of the vast Roman Empire. It is not surprising therefore that all surviving monuments of that time are military in nature, including the remains of forts, towers The Antonine Wall was the north-west frontier of the Roman Empire.Located in central Scotland, north of Edinburgh and Glasgow, the Wall was a linear barrier that stretched from the Firth of Forth near Bo'ness to the Clyde estuary at Old Kilpatrick.Chronologically, the Antonine Wall post-dates the initial construction of Hadrian's Wall and was probably constructed in the early 140s CE, on the Interactive Map Things to See and Do Top Ten Things to Do Site by Site Museums and Heritage Centres Download the App Suggested Routes Along the Wall Walking & Cycling Guides Get Involved Playparks About the Wall The Romans in Scotland Roman Frontiers Building the Wall Materials Transport Structures|etl| nwn| qkf| bzc| pfn| wgj| mpf| rru| vmj| jql| qha| nov| pzq| weg| wpw| xwz| csy| yum| bcu| hgj| fir| qdv| sit| drh| okp| izs| wzf| fib| lqq| rsi| ksm| kwe| xch| pce| xtw| pib| xcr| fto| eqi| paf| tqa| oty| uqk| dyd| eil| ela| pdh| uua| xtz| mff|