The wall is the largest Roman archaeological feature in Britain and was built to defend the northernmost limit of the Roman ...

They’re just some of the finds from Hadrian’s Wall – the 73-mile stone wall built as the northwestern boundary of the Roman Empire, sealing off Britannia (modern-day England and Wales) from ...

Starting around 122 C.E., more than 15,000 men spent at least six years building Hadrian’s Wall to mark the northwest boundary of the Roman Empire. Measuring 73 miles in length, the defensive ...

The 10th legion Fretensis, garrisoned in Jerusalem, dedicated the monument to Hadrian at the city’s entrance before his visit. Two years after Hadrian’s visit came the Bar Kochba revolt, the ...

Roman emperor Hadrian ordered the wall’s construction in 122 C.E. to defend southern Britain from invasion by the “barbarian” Caledonian tribes of the unconquered north.

The board was likely used in the bath house at Vindolanda, one of 14 forts along Hadrian's Wall, but was repurposed as a floor stone in the adjacent building after it was broken. Vindolanda Trust ...

Comparisons with similar structures at Hadrian's Villa and from nearby Ostia, the harbor city of ancient Rome, suggest that the building was used not by the emperor but by a high-ranking staff member.

A very old stone bearing the name of Roman Emperor Hadrian was found, and it's telling archaeologists all sorts of interesting things about his visit to Jerusalem 2,000 years ago.

Archaeologists in northern Britain discovered 13-inch shoes at the ancient Roman Magna Fort, raising questions about the ...