Antonine Wall

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noun

a Roman frontier defence work across S Scotland, extending between the River Clyde and the Firth of Forth. It was built in 142 ad on the orders of Antoninus Pius (86–161 ad ), emperor of Rome (138–161)

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The Antonine Wall was the frontier that the Romans constructed across central Scotland, and is one of Scotland's six Unesco World Heritage Sites.

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He strengthened Hadrian's Wall and reoccupied the Antonine Wall with a view to expanding his empire.

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The Antonine Wall cuts across Scotland from the Firth of Forth to the Firth of Clyde, and farther north the Romans never ventured.

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At its height, the Roman Empire extended as far as the Antonine Wall on the Scottish mainland, about 200 miles south of Rousay.

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And the Wall of Westeros brings to mind either Hadrian's Wall or the Antonine Wall in northern Britain.

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