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Why did the Romans build Hadrian's Wall?
- aTo keep out the Picts living in the northCorrect answer
- bTo keep out Viking raiders from Scandinavia
- cTo keep out the Normans from northern France
- dTo keep out the Anglo-Saxons from the east
Why?
The Romans never conquered all of what is now Scotland, so Emperor Hadrian had a wall built to keep out the Picts in the north. The Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Normans all arrived after the Romans had gone.
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