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The Romans built a wall (the Great Pict Wall) bisecting Britain because they were so afraid of the Picts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian%27s_Wall https:
by virgulino 3y ago
The Romans built a wall (the Great Pict Wall) bisecting Britain because they were so afraid of the Picts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian%27s_Wall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian%27s_Wall
- KMag 3y agoAnd later, the Antonine wall a bit further north. Though, it's probably more accurate to say the walls were built to reduce the costs of Pictish raids. I doubt the governor in Londinium woke in a cold sweat fearing Pictish invasion, even prior to Hadrian's wall being built.
- virgulino 3y agoI bet the governor had enough on his plate managing the Brittunculi. 8-)