Antonine Wall

Speech parts

1. Antonine Wall - Noun

2. Antonine Wall - Proper noun

Meaning

a fortification 37 miles long across the narrowest part of southern Scotland (between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde); built in 140 to mark the frontier of the Roman province of Britain

Examples

D. J. Breeze, The Antonine Wall (John Donald, 2006), p. 167. The Romans retreated to the line of Hadrian's Wall. Moffat, Before Scotland, pp. 297–301. Source: Internet

Strategic walls across open country were far rarer, and Hadrian's Wall (from 122) and the Antonine Wall (from 142, abandoned only 8 years after completion) are the most significant examples, both on the Pictish frontier. Source: Internet

Within a year the Antonine Wall was recaptured, but by 163 or 164 it was abandoned. Source: Internet

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