The Roman invasion began in southern Britain. Around 2,000 years ago, Britain was ruled by tribes of people called the Celts. But this was about to change. For around 100 years (a century), the ...
This map shows the approximate location of the major tribes who lived in Britain at the time of the Roman Conquest of Britain in the First Century AD. The sole source for the existence and ...
In 55 BC, Rome had its sights set on Britain. Across two attempts, a huge invasion force led by one of the greatest miltary leaders in history, Julius Caesar, landed in Kent. Eventually he would break ...
Some Roman writers believed it was going on before conquest, and may have even used it as an excuse for conquering Britain. But there isn’t a lot of evidence either way as the island didn’t ...
Roman forces reached the borders of Wales in AD 48, five years after they had begun their conquest of Britain. At that time, of course, Wales did not exist in any meaningful sense. Its people ...
It was built around 80AD, a few decades after the Roman invasion of Britain the the founding of Londinium. It was in use for around 20 years before being replaces by a larger second forum. This ...
It was ‘terrarum fine’ - the end of the world - and for around 20,000 soldiers who had marched north, crossing hills, swamps and rivers to ...
Born to a Roman ... during the invasion of England in 43 AD, he was given his first military command. Further success led to more honors and, in 51 AD, he became consul in Britain.
In Britain, at the northernmost edge of the empire, Rome’s normal strategies for command and control of its provinces failed horribly. For the first time in memory, the Roman army was in retreat ...
The effective conquest by Rome started in 43 AD. By around 70 AD all of Britain save northern Scotland had fallen under Roman rule. Known as the province of Brittania (probably from a Brittonic ...