https://padlet.com/claudiagombe/thp6r0t3pqtr Luis Benítez de Lugo Vera, Claudia Gómez Benítez en-us 2019-03-11 17:48:42 UTC 2025-02-21 00:45:35 UTC hello@padlet.com claudiagombe https://padlet.com/claudiagombe/thp6r0t3pqtr/wish/340171721
(This is a map which shows the length and theposition of the Antonine Wall and its forts and fortlets)]]> 2019-03-11 21:07:27 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiagombe/thp6r0t3pqtr/wish/340171721 claudiagombe https://padlet.com/claudiagombe/thp6r0t3pqtr/wish/340176029 -The Roman Empier's frontiers stretched for more than 5,000 km and across 3 continents.
-The Antonine Wall is just one small part of it.
-Sections of this vast system of frontiers can still be seen across Europe, for example: Austria, Belguim, the Netherlands, Serbia and the UK.
-Also in the Middle East and north Africa.
-Each of these military frontiers had the same job: to define the limits of the Roman Empire. But they were not all alike. 
-Different structures were adopted in different areas. In some places artificial boundaries were built (walls). In other places the Romans made use of natural boundaries (seas or rivers).

(This is a map which shows the frontiers of the Roman Empire)]]> 2019-03-11 21:26:32 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiagombe/thp6r0t3pqtr/wish/340176029 claudiagombe https://padlet.com/claudiagombe/thp6r0t3pqtr/wish/340179526 -Constructed mostly out of layers of grass and reached a height of 3m.
-The Wall and the defences included a huge ditch nearly 5m deep.
-The Wall was entirely built by members of the 3 Roman legions stationed in Scotland, a labour force of around 7,000 men.
-During the constraction, the soldiers lived in leather tents or wooden huts situated inside temporary camps. 

(This is a fragment of the leather tent)]]> 2019-03-11 21:42:11 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiagombe/thp6r0t3pqtr/wish/340179526 claudiagombe https://padlet.com/claudiagombe/thp6r0t3pqtr/wish/340181866 -The Romans buried many of the possesions, so that they could not be used by native peoples.
-This has led to the prreservation and survival of some incredible organic remains along the Antonine Wall.
-For example: Distance slabs, Hutcheson Hill (Hunterian Museum)
19 inscribed stone tablets, originally fixed to the Wall.
- As each section of the Wall was completed, the building team celebrated their achievement by creating a stone carved which honoured the Emperor, recorded the distance covered in paces or feet, and featured the name of their legion.

(This is one of the isncribed stone, explained above]]> 2019-03-11 21:55:26 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiagombe/thp6r0t3pqtr/wish/340181866 claudiagombe https://padlet.com/claudiagombe/thp6r0t3pqtr/wish/340520389 -Around 7,000 soldiers form Syria, Spain, Algeria (among others) were stationed on the Antonine Wall.
-Some of them were legionaries, men drawn into the Roman military from across the Empire (voluntarily or by force).
-A great number of civilians lived alongside these soldiers: the wifes, children and slaves of the commanding officers.
-Today we know the names of a few of the individuals who once live along the Wall, throgh inscriptions on altars and tombstones.

(Roman settlement)]]> 2019-03-12 16:50:37 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiagombe/thp6r0t3pqtr/wish/340520389 claudiagombe https://padlet.com/claudiagombe/thp6r0t3pqtr/wish/340524944  -The Wall was a part of the military landscape of forts, watchtowers and roads.
-Between these forts, connected by a military road lay a series of watchtowers known as the Gask Ridge.
-A large military base was established but never completed at Inchtuthil.
- To the west, other forts were constructed at the mouths of valleys, sometimes known today as the 'Glen-Blocker' Forts.
-Along with all the forts constructed, the army left behind dozens of temporary marching camps.
-To the west, east and south of the Wall lay other bases.

(This is Inchtuthil, Roman legeionary fort)]]> 2019-03-12 16:58:42 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiagombe/thp6r0t3pqtr/wish/340524944 claudiagombe https://padlet.com/claudiagombe/thp6r0t3pqtr/wish/340532931 -The Wall and its forts were abandoned, buildings were destroyed and the soldiers marched off south.
-The Wall became part of the surrounding countryside.
-The Wall was not demolished, nor was the ditch filled in.
-Heavy or worthless objects were discarded, in some cases down the well of the fort.
-The Romans returned to Scotland on limited occasions, most notably during the reign of Septimius Severus.
-Throughout the post.Roman ad medieval periods, the Antonine Wall and its neighbourhood were occupied and new settlements stuctures were constucted.
-The Wall became known as 'Grymisdyke' and its Roman heritage was forgotten.
-As central Scotland began to industrialise, sections of the Wall were buried beneath or removed for canals, railways, motorways, factories and housing.

(This is one of the Roman wells)]]> 2019-03-12 17:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiagombe/thp6r0t3pqtr/wish/340532931 claudiagombe https://padlet.com/claudiagombe/thp6r0t3pqtr/wish/340641697 2019-03-12 21:35:21 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiagombe/thp6r0t3pqtr/wish/340641697 claudiagombe https://padlet.com/claudiagombe/thp6r0t3pqtr/wish/340642222 2019-03-12 21:37:27 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiagombe/thp6r0t3pqtr/wish/340642222 claudiagombe https://padlet.com/claudiagombe/thp6r0t3pqtr/wish/340642329 2019-03-12 21:37:58 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiagombe/thp6r0t3pqtr/wish/340642329 claudiagombe https://padlet.com/claudiagombe/thp6r0t3pqtr/wish/340642496 2019-03-12 21:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/claudiagombe/thp6r0t3pqtr/wish/340642496