Wall of Severus

[1] Although the structure is mentioned in several classical texts, its precise location is academically disputed due to inconsistencies between sources.

[2] Septimius Severus arrived in Caledonia in 208 after Picts began making a series of attacks and incursions since 197.

Cassius Dio, a Roman historian who lived at the time of Severus, makes no direct mention to any new fortification but does allude to the existing Antonine and Hadrian Walls.

Other historical writers, such as Bede – an 8th-century English monk in the Anglic Kingdom of Northumbria –, link the fortification with Hadrian's Wall.

[4] Texts that refer to the wall include: As the location of the wall remains undetermined, its existence was academically questioned in the early 20th century because there is no evidence that Severus built any fortifications during his time in Britain.