David Breeze and I discuss the Roman frontiers: how they were defended, where they stopped, and why they collapsed.

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Chapters:
0:00 How the Romans understood frontiers
4:32 Development of the frontiers
10:46 Border fortifications
15:00 Initiative for expansion
20:03 Defense in depth
26:05 Hadrian's Wall
42:40 The Antonine Wall
47:22 Abandoning the Antonine Wall
51:35 How the frontiers worked