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Military of ancient Rome (portal)
753 BC – AD 476Structural history Roman army (unit types and ranks, legions, auxiliaries, generals) Roman navy (fleets, admirals) Campaign history Lists of wars and battles Decorations and punishments Technological history Military engineering (castra, siege engines, arches, roads) Political history Strategy and tactics Infantry tactics Frontiers and fortifications (limes, Hadrian's Wall) Milecastle 80 was one of a series of Milecastles or small fortlets built at intervals of approximately one Roman mile along Hadrian's Wall. It was excavated in 1973, under the ruins of the Roman fort of Maia, the last Roman fort on the western end of Hadrian's Wall.
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Milecastles of Hadrian's Wall Milecastles 0 • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 50TW • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80
Milefortlets MF 1 • MF 2 • MF 3 • MF 4 • MF 5 • MF 6 • MF 7 • MF 8 • MF 9 • MF 10 • MF 11 • MF 12 • MF 13 • MF 14 • MF 15 • MF 16 • MF 17 • MF 18 • MF 19 • MF 20 • MF 21 • MF 22 • MF 23 • MF 24 • MF 25 • MF 26Other structures on Hadrian's Wall Portgate • Chesters Bridge • Knag Burn Gateway • Peel Gap Tower • Willowford Bridge • Pike Hill Signal Tower
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