It was in the dense forests of free Germany when Augustus lost three legions, 18,000 men, due to an attack by the local tribes. It was then that the emperor advised his successors to keep the Roman Empire within its limits. Of the established Roman frontiers, Hadrian's Wall in northern England and the Antonine Wall in Scotland are amongst the best preserved. These two Roman frontiers show us the way to a history, where imperial power was at its peak and demonstrate where it went wrong for the Romans in Britain, and in the whole of the Empire...
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