Hadrian's Wall came to life Saturday night as 500 volunteers lit flaming torches along its length to celebrate 1,600 years since the end of Roman rule.
Britain's longest historic monument, marking the Roman Empire's northern frontier, became a sparkling line of light as gas lamps were lit at 250-meter intervals along the Hadiran's Wall Path National Trail.
Hadrian's Wall was built in 122 AD on the orders of the Roman emperor Hadrian to mark his empire's northern frontier.
(Actually, it was built to keep the Scots from laying waste to the Romans in northern England - didn't work.
(Actually, it was built to keep the Scots from laying waste to the Romans in northern England - didn't work.
No word on whether the Scots were invited to this little shindig or not.)
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