Aurelius Victor: Severus drives back the enemy in Britain and builds a wall across the island from sea to sea.; Eutropius: Severus builds a wall from…
Severus drives back the enemy in Britain and builds a wall across the island from sea to sea.
His maiora aggressus Britanniam, quoad ea utilis erat, pulsis hostibus muro munivit per transversam insulam ducto utrimque ad finem Oceani.
Location: Aur. Vict. Caes. 20.18
Severus builds a wall from sea to sea to protect the provinces he had gained. Its length is 133 miles in the Latin text and 32 miles in Watson's English translation.
Novissimum bellum in Britannia habuit, utque receptas provincias omni securitate muniret, vallum per CXXXIII passuum milia a mari ad mare deduxit.
Location: Eutr. 8.19