Episode 195 Britain's Great Wall Builder

This week we have a short listening episode to celebrate Emperor Hadrian's birthday. This Roman emperor is probably one of the most famous in the UK. Many British children first learn about the Romans through Hadrian's wall. This wall, built in 122CE is one of the few pieces of Roman architecture still standing today. You can visit the wall, the museum and even some remains of forts. You can even walk the length of the wall from one side of England to the other! In this episode we'll learn a little bit about Emperor Hadrian, who didn't really focus on growing the Roman Empire, but rather on making it more efficient and a better place for people to live. From the blog: Vocabulary fortify - to make something (usually a building) stronger and more able to withstand war frontier - the edge of something, usually a country or possibly an Empire. However this is also used in Star Trek to describe the furthest known edge of the universe. thrust into the international arena - pushed forcefully into international awareness reign - the time that a king or queen rules their kingdom (same pronunciation as 'rain') administrative reform - to change the laws and systems of a land, this could include healthcare, legal things, tax and politics. implemented - to start using, to take action to put something into effect equitable - to make fair, this doesn't necessarily mean equal, which means everyone has the same, but rather fair. Some people might need more help than others, this word can be used to explain systems that understand and allow for that. artifacts - things left over from history