text: Even after Hadrian 's Wall was built in the second century a.d. , marauding bands from the north figured out a way to circumvent this formidable line of defense by launching their boats across the Solway Firth , landing on the coast of Cumbria south of the Wall , and attacking the Romans from behind .
  
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  The Romans were attacked by marauding bands even after building Hadrian 's Wall and strenghtening their army .