All this graphically proclaimed the might of Rome ... tribes north of the wall were, however, tenuous. Antoninus Pius was the man who gave his name to the Antonine Wall of 142 AD, which runs ...

North of Hadrian's Wall ... Small settlements near the forts would thrive on the cross border trade and the revenues from supplying the troops with local goods. Soon after the Emperor Antonine ...

The Antonine Plague struck the Roman Empire like never before, killing soldiers, citizens, and even emperors. Was it smallpox, measles, or something worse? And how did it weaken Rome’s power?