Wall of Antoninus

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The Wall of Antoninus, also known as the Antonine Wall, was a Roman frontier fortification in central Scotland marking the northernmost boundary of the Roman Empire in Britain.

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Wall of Antoninus canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman frontier fortification ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
abandoned late 2nd century AD ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Vallum Antonini ⓘ
Wall of Antoninus ⓘ
builtBy Roman army ⓘ
commissionedBy Emperor Antoninus Pius ⓘ
linked to: Antoninus Pius
constructionEnd around AD 154 ⓘ
constructionMaterial turf rampart on a stone base ⓘ
constructionStart around AD 142 ⓘ
coordinatesType linear monument ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalPeriod Roman Imperial period ⓘ
extendsFrom Firth of Forth ⓘ
extendsTo Firth of Clyde ⓘ
follows Forth–Clyde isthmus ⓘ
function defensive fortification ⓘ
northern frontier of Roman Britain ⓘ
hasEvidenceOf Roman forts such as Rough Castle ⓘ
distance slabs ⓘ
hasPart ditch ⓘ
fortlets ⓘ
forts ⓘ
military way ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 2008 ⓘ
laterAbandonedInFavorOf Hadrian's Wall ⓘ
length about 63 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn East Dunbartonshire council area ⓘ
Falkirk council area ⓘ
Glasgow City council area ⓘ
North Lanarkshire council area ⓘ
Roman Britain ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
West Dunbartonshire council area ⓘ
central Scotland ⓘ
namedAfter Antoninus Pius ⓘ
partOf Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site ⓘ
Roman Empire frontier system ⓘ
presentCondition ruined ⓘ
protectedAs scheduled monument ⓘ
region Britannia ⓘ
replaced Hadrian's Wall as northern frontier ⓘ
significance northernmost linear barrier of the Roman Empire in Britain ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 430ter ⓘ

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Valentia → borderedBy → Wall of Antoninus ⓘ
Antonine Wall → alsoKnownAs → Wall of Antoninus ⓘ
subject linked to: Wall of Antoninus