In the footsteps of Romans: walking the Antonine Trail
IN the year 122AD, Roman Emperor Hadrian came to Britain to begin construction of his stone wall across the north of England. He had decided it was time to stop the Empire expanding. Only 20 years later (142 AD), his successor, Emperor Antoninus Pius, ordered an amazing U-turn. Romans were supposed to expand the Empire. So he abandoned Hadrian’s Wall and ordered the construction of a new defensive frontier: this time in turf, across Scotland’s central belt.
