This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. The emperor Hadrian was well known for building monuments across the Roman Empire, a territory that ...

Around 2,500 years ago, the city of Rome was at the centre ... A bit later came Hadrian who ruled Britain from AD117 to 138. He of course built Hadrian’s Wall to prevent invaders from the ...

The photo above shows a wooden reconstruction of the wall and gatehouse at Vindolanda. The fort and the surrounding settlement lies to the south of Hadrian's Wall. Over the summer months there are ...

They’re just some of the finds from Hadrian’s Wall – the 73-mile stone wall ... re thinking of everyday objects preserved from ancient Rome, this outpost in the wild north of the empire ...