14.04.26: Level 2; Vincent (Latin Reader); LX; The End of the Roman Occupation

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Rōmānī duōs mūrōs aut vālla aedificāvērunt – vallum Antōnīnī ā Clōta ad Bodotriam atque vallum Hadriānī inter Lugovallium et Pontem Aelium. Sed, quod Rōmānī vāllum Antōnīnī dēfendere nōn poterant, cōpiae maiōrēs erant in vāllō Hadriānī. Ubi Clōdius Albīnus suās cōpiās ex Britanniā trānsportāvit, hostēs impetūs multōs contrā vallum Antōnīnī fēcērunt, atque duōs mūrōs et aedificia multa et oppida dēlēvērunt. Inde Sevērus, imperātor Rōmānus, vāllum Hadriānī iterum aedificāvit atque castra in multīs locīs fēcit. Sed posteā lēgātī Rōmānī cōpiās ex Britanniā dūcēbant*; tandem legiōnēs omnēs ad continentem revertērunt.

*Note: the imperfect tense is used here to indicate that an action started

People

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septimius_Severus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clodius_Albinus

Places

Lugovallium (Luguvalium): an ancient Roman city in northern Britain located within present-day Carlisle; northenmost city of the Roman empire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luguvalium

Pōns Aelius: fort and Roman settlement at the original eastern end of Hadrian's Wall close to the centre of present-day Newcastle upon Tyne.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pons_Aelius

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonine_Wall

Map of the Antonine Wall

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian%27s_Wall

By Hadrians_Wall_map.png: Created by NormanEinstein, September 20, 2005derivative work: Talifero (talk) - Hadrians_Wall_map.png, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15121382

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The Romans built two walls or ramparts—the Antonine Wall from the Clota to the Bodotria, and Hadrian’s Wall between Lugovallium and the Pons Aelius. But because the Romans were not able to defend the Antonine Wall, larger forces were on Hadrian’s Wall. When Clodius Albinus transferred his forces from Britain, the enemy made many attacks against the Antonine Wall and destroyed the two walls, many buildings, and towns. Then Severus, the Roman emperor, rebuilt Hadrian’s Wall and constructed camps in many places. But afterwards the Roman governors began leading the troops out of Britain; finally all the legions returned to the continent.