Roman walls or Roman wall may refer to:
- Limes, a border defense or delimiting system of Ancient Rome
- Servian Wall, a wall built around Rome in the 4th century BC
- Aurelian Walls, the later wall of Rome, built in the late 3rd century AD
- York city walls, walls built around York when it was a Roman colony
- Hadrian's Wall, a wall built in England at the edge of Roman conquest to keep out the Scots
- Walls of Constantinople, a great defensive wall that kept various invaders until the Ottoman bombardment that render them useless, but defended the metropolitan capital during the fourth century C.E. till 1453
- Anastasian Wall, a wall built by the eastern roman emperor to ensure extra defenses for Constantinople
- Roman Walls of Lugo
- London Wall
- Chester city walls
Famous quotes containing the words walls of, walls and/or rome:
“Some on commission, some for the love of learning, Some because they have nothing better to do Or because they hope these walls of books will deaden The drumming of the demon in their ears.”
—Louis MacNeice (1907–1963)
“The Abbey always reminds me of that old toast, “Above lofty timbers, the walls around are bare, echoing to our laughter, as though the dead were there.””
—Garrett Fort (1900–1945)
“What? Rome dares not desire what you desire? How do you use your absolute power?”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)