Scotland during the Roman Empire even half of present-day Scotland and that Roman legions ceased to affect the area after around 211. The history of the period is complex and not well-documented. The province of Valentia, for instance, may have been the lands between the two Roman walls, or the territory around and south of Hadrian's Wall, or Roman Wales. Romans held most of their Caledonian territory only a little over 40 years; they probably only held Scottish land for about 80 years, if at all. Some Scottish historians such as Alistair Moffat maintain Roman influence was inconsequential. "Scots" and "Scotland" proper would not emerge
Roman Wall (Sofia) notched brick cornice decorates the top of the wall. The Roman Wall was built in the 16th or 17th century, the time of the Ottoman rule of Bulgaria. The wall's exact purpose is unclear, though it is agreed that it performed an Islamic religious function. It may either be the preserved part of an eminent Ottoman Turk's tomb, or it may have formed part of a "namazgâh", an open-air religious structure where the imam would perform a prayer for those embarking on the Hajj. In the late 19th century, after the reestablishment of the Principality of Bulgaria in 1878, the