years. Both lines appear to owe their inception to the militarygenius of Agricola. The strategic advantages of the northernisthmus were certainly recognized by him, for he held it by aseries of military posts ; and it is probable that some of theforts upon or near the Solway-Tyne line are also due… … o o ta S f= ^ 112 ROMANO-BRITISH BUILDINGS AND EARTHWORKS state of affairs, Hadrian appeared upon the scene in a.d. 119 ;and, in keeping with his general policy of consolidation ratherthan expansion, he constituted the lower isthmus the chief, if notthe only, frontier. To this emperor, then, must…
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