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Roman Fortuna altar, Chesters Roman Fort Museum, Northumberland, England

Roman stone carved altar to Fortuna conservatrix, goddess of fate and good luck, holding a wheel and horn of plenty or cornucopia, set up by Venenus, a German, found in the bath house of Chesters Roman Fort or Cilurnum in 1884, at Chesters Roman Fort Museum, managed by English Heritage, Northumberland, England. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The wall was fortified with milecastles with 2 turrets in between, and a fort about every 5 Roman miles. The Hadrian's Wall Path, an 84-mile coast to coast long distance footpath, runs alongside it at his point. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Roman stone carved altar to Fortuna conservatrix, goddess of fate and good luck, holding a wheel and horn of plenty or cornucopia, set up by Venenus, a German, found in the bath house of Chesters Roman Fort or Cilurnum in 1884, at Chesters Roman Fort Museum, managed by English Heritage, Northumberland, England. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The wall was fortified with milecastles with 2 turrets in between, and a fort about every 5 Roman miles. The Hadrian's Wall Path, an 84-mile coast to coast long distance footpath, runs alongside it at his point. Picture by Manuel Cohen