Cassius Dio records that tribes crossed the Wall and killed a Roman general — possibly a legate or the Dux — along with his troops. This prompted Emperor Commodus to send Ulpius Marcellus, who conducted a harsh campaign to restore Roman control. The episode demonstrates that Hadrian Wall was never an impermeable barrier and that Roman outpost forts north of the Wall were vulnerable.
Roman general and his force killed
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