"I will build a great, great wall and I will have the Celts pay for that wall. Mark my words." ~Publius Aelius Hadrianus Augustus c.122 Tweet added by History Hit💥 @HistoryHit

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"I will build a great, great wall and I will have the Celts pay for that wall. Mark my words." ~Publius Aelius Hadrianus Augustus c.122

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Anthony Veitch

@tonyveitchuk

7 years

@HistoryHit @thehistoryguy Bloody Spaniards coming over here ...

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Alasdair Mullins-Smith

@alasdair_ms

7 years

Did he manage to make them pay @HistoryHit ?!

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Mark Bowley

@bowley_mark

7 years

@HistoryHit you learn something new every day, so Hadrian was a massive cock too!

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Andrew

@aggdunn

7 years

@HistoryHit and what happened next?

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siobàn Vict

@stscholasticas

7 years

@HistoryHit perfect!

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Richard OHalloran

@richardohall57

7 years

@HistoryHit should have sent the bill to the Picts may have had better luck

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Steven Walters

@Stevewalters05

7 years

@HistoryHit @thehistoryguy Off topic, I walked the wall a few years ago, Amazing!

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Andrew John Davis

@ded6ajd

7 years

Some say Hadrian's wall was to keep people *in*. With Trump's present policies, a Mexican wall might have same use? @HistoryHit @Sue_Cowley

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Bob Hawkins bobhawkins.bsky.social

@salvatorRosa

7 years

@HistoryHit @SieurdePonthieu shouldn't that have been the Picts?

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Sharon ⚖️ IG SharonsBookRx #ForTHEEPeople

@sharonreader

7 years

@HistoryHit @HistGeekGirl PERFECT!!!!!

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Pete Raiders

@peteraiders

7 years

@HistoryHit Send picts or it didn't happen...

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dockbuilder

@peteLU1456

7 years

@HistoryHit @Zenndragon307 yea...That one didn't work out either

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IAIN GOODWIN

@yrhaul

7 years

@HistoryHit @thehistoryguy and @NicolaSturgeon replied we will have an independence vote if you do. Again

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HeyImMike〽

@ArtsMike

7 years

@HistoryHit that for real ? did they pay ?

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Malcolm Jennings

@malcolm6951

7 years

@HistoryHit @burnleytilly lol what goes around comes around....even has a resemblance to DJT

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Lynne E Blackwood

@leblackwood

7 years

@HistoryHit @thehistoryguy Little did Hadrian know that the Celts wouldn't be too happy about it and increased attacks instead of paying :)

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牧羊者健康强壮

@NigelSheppard7

7 years

@HistoryHit not the Celts but the Britones or the Calendonii 😀

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Abbie

@tynemouth

7 years

@HistoryHit @tweetsdistilled "We are not paying for that fucking wall" - Scotland

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thegooch🥚

@_NogoodBoyo

7 years

@HistoryHit @PhillipAdams_1 the insurmountable Hadrian's Wall - who could cross it?

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