8 Places the Romans Failed to Conquer
Caledonia, as it was known then, was a frustrating place to be a Roman commander. Rome tried three times to conquer it—and ...
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Victor of Damascus
Saints Victor and Stephanie contested in Damascus in 160, during the reign of Antoninus Pius. The pagans arrested Saint Victor as a Christian and cut off his fingers, put out his eyes, and beheaded ...
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Justin the Philosopher and Martyr and his Companions
To the end of his life, while preaching Christ in all parts, he never put off his philosopher's garb. In Rome, he gave the Emperor Antoninus Pius (reigned 138-161) an apology wherein he proved the ...
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The Antonine Wall
Relationships with the Caledonian tribes north of the wall were, however, tenuous. Antoninus Pius was the man who gave his name to the Antonine Wall of 142 AD, which runs between the the Rivers ...
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Roman child's leather shoe
The second Roman campaign into Scotland was conducted under the Emperor Antoninus Pius who ordered the construction of the Antonine Wall across the Clyde-Forth isthmus in AD 142. Roman family life ...