Hadrian’s Wall is a major World Heritage site, set in stunning countryside in Cumbria and Northumberland, where the Wall and its forts are the most visited Roman remains in Britain. It runs through the narrow gap across the Pennines between the Solway Estuary in the west to the appropriately named Wallsend on the River Tyne in the east. For much of its length it is still visible, especially in the central sector where it runs along the north-facing cliff known as Whin Sill.

Building started around AD 122 after the Emperor Hadrian visited the north of Britain and inspected sites in person to mark out the line of his new frontier. Hundreds of Roman legionaries from Chester, Caerleon and York marched north to quarry the stone and build the Wall, which took several years to complete.

This book tells the story of how the Wall was built and manned by Roman soldiers, what life was like on the frontier and what happened to it when the Romans left.

• New B-format paperback edition
  

• The only history to include the everyday life of troops

  manning the wall and their interaction with the local population as well

  as the building and afterlife of the Roman ruin.

• Author's last book The

  Roman Army is currently Amberley's bestseller of 2015 and was described by

  BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE as: 'A judicious and open survey... an enjoyable and

  informative read'.

• Reviews in history magazines, national weeklies, national

  daily and Sunday newspapers, to include: The

  Sunday Times, BBC History Magazine,

  British Museum Magazine, Antiquity, and Oxbow Book News.

• Subject of the book is relevant to a large number of

  popular visitor attractions including: Roman Vindolanda Fort & Museum (nr

  Hexham), Roman Army Museum (Greenhead), Chesters Roman Fort & Museum (nr

  Hexham), Birdoswald Roman Fort (Gilsland, Cumbria), Corbridge Roman Town Museum

  (Corbridge), British Museum shop (London) & TICs in Cumbria and

  Northumberland.