Hadrian's Wall: construction and frontier life (122–410 CE)

1. Frontier life recorded in the Vindolanda tablets

   Jan 1, 100Labels: Vindolanda tablets, Vindolanda fort

   • Vindolanda

2. Hadrian orders a new frontier wall

   Jan 1, 122Labels: Emperor Hadrian, Hadrian's Wall

   • UNESCO WHC
   • English Heritage

3. Construction begins with milecastles and turrets

   Jan 1, 122Labels: Milecastle, Turret

   • English Heritage
   • UNESCO WHC

4. Plan changes to add major forts on wall line

   Jan 1, 123Labels: Fortifications, Roman forts

   • English Heritage

5. Housesteads fort built into the frontier system

   Jan 1, 124Labels: Housesteads, Vercovicium

   • Housesteads
   • English Heritage

6. Hadrian’s Wall largely completed by the late 120s

   Jan 1, 128Labels: Hadrian's Wall, Curtain wall

   • UNESCO WHC
   • Hadrian Wall

7. The Vallum earthwork defines a restricted military zone

   Jan 1, 130Labels: Vallum, Military zone

   • English Heritage
   • Vallum

8. Antonine Wall built; Hadrian’s Wall temporarily downgraded

   Jan 1, 142Labels: Antonine Wall, Hadrian's Wall

   • Britannica
   • UNESCO UK

9. Romans return to Hadrian’s Wall in the 160s

   Jan 1, 162Labels: Reoccupation, Hadrian's Wall

   • Britannica
   • Turrets

10. Severan campaigns renew pressure on northern frontier

    Jan 1, 208Labels: Septimius Severus, Severan campaign

    • Severan War

11. Late Roman frontier command system attested

    Jan 1, 390Labels: Notitia Dignitatum, Dux Britanniarum

    • Dux Brit
    • Segedunum

12. Roman authority collapses in Britain by 410

    Jan 1, 410Labels: Roman withdrawal, Post-Roman Britain

    • Hadrian Wall