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	Roman Britain
		By the middle of the 3rd century the Roman Empire was in decline.
		In the latter half of the 3rd century Saxons from Germany began raiding the east coast of Roman Britain.
		Roman towns continued to be inhabited until the mid-5th century.
	www.localhistories.org /roman.html (970 words)

	ROMAN-BRITAIN.ORG MAIN MENU
		Britain was therefore seen as a land beyond the limits of civilisation.
		He and subsequent governors of Britain were to find the troublesome native tribes a severe test of their abilities as the province was expanded.
		The campaigns conducted in Britain by the militaristic governors of the first century, carried in their wake the luxuries of Roman civilization, and were to have a profound effect on the future development of the British Isles.
	www.roman-britain.org /main.htm (691 words)

	York Roman Festival 2006 ::: a brief history of Roman York
		Britain’s Roman history began properly in the 1st Century when they did of course return under the new leadership of the Emperor Claudius (AD41 – 54) in AD43.
		It was Vespasian that appointed the new governor for Britain, Petillius Cerialis, who in AD71 moved the Ninth Legion (Legionem IX Hispanam) from their fortress at Lindum (Lincoln) into Brigantium territory and the area know by the locals as ‘Eburacon’, a celtic word that meant ‘place where the yew tree grows’.
		The area in which the Romans built their docks was to the Southeast of the fortress where they used not the larger River Ouse, but constructed unloading wharves that included a crane along the banks of the lesser River Foss.
	www.yorkromanfestival.com /history.htm (1631 words)

	Roman governors of Britain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Roman Britain was initially a consular province, which means its governors need to be appointed consul by Rome before they could govern it.
		Not all are recorded by Roman historians and many are only loosely known from epigraphic evidence or from sources such as the Vindolanda letters.
		Each had a governor of equestrian rank (a praeses) and they were overseen by a vicarius.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Roman_governors_of_Britain (639 words)

	Roman Britain -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sufficient Roman silver appears in Scotland to suggest more than ordinary trade and it is likely that the Romans were boosting treaty agreements with cash payments, a situation with comparators elsewhere in the empire at the time.
		The latter was the new governor of Britain and had seemingly won the natives over after their earlier rebellions; he also controlled three legions, making him a potentially significant claimant to the purple.
		During their occupation of Britain, the Romans built an extensive network of (A partly sheltered anchorage) roads, many of which are still in use today.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/roman_britain.htm (3516 words)

	Directory - Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Society and Culture: History: Roman (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Roman Map of Britain · Thomas Ikins explains his interpretation of the contemporary documentary sources for the geography of Roman Britain, with bibliography and maps.
		The Roman Invasions · cached · Corinne Mills and Richard Hayton draw on contemporary sources to describe the Julian landings of 55 and 54 BC and the Claudian invasion of 43 AD.
		The Roman Army in Britain · A web site dealing with the Roman military occupation of Britain; specifically the army, navy, fortifications, a military bibliography, and information about the project to discover what is presumed the first military frontier in Britain on the Gask ridge in Perthshire.
	www.incywincy.com /default?p=504609 (371 words)

	Boudica (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Romans retaliated against the insurgents by sending a whole division of soldiers, but they were defeated.
		Finally, Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, the Roman governor of Britain, gathered all the Roman troops in the south of Britain and attacked the British in a narrow valley so that the superior numbers of rebel force would be of no advantage against the smaller Roman army.
		Roman retribution for rebellion was swift and cruel but the British kept up the fight for another year, when Suetonius was succeeded by Publius Petronius Turpilianus, who changed the policy toward the native population to one of appeasement, which remained in use for three hundred more years of Roman occupation of Britain.
	www.distinguishedwomen.com /biographies/boudicca.html (397 words)

	History Of The Scottish Nation - Vol 1, Chapter 16 - Roman period of Britain; England invaded by Caesar, and Scotland ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Every successive Roman governor who entered Britain had it as his special task and his highest ambition, to conduct the legions to the extreme northern verge of Caledonia, wherever that might be, and affix to his name the much coveted designation of Britannicus.
		The Roman general saw that the task he had undertaken was one that would test to the uttermost the endurance and bravery of his troops, and exercise all his own wariness and skill.
		Not a Roman would have seen the dawn, had not Agricola, informed of what was going on by his scouts, sent his light troops at their utmost speed, to save his legion before it should be exterminated.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/wylie/vol1ch16.htm (4816 words)

	People of Roman Britain
		Gaius Julius Marcus was governor of Britain in 213.
		Governor of Britain at some point in the mid-140s, named on a diploma from Chesters dated between 10 December 145 and 9 December 146.
		Quintus Petillius Cerialis Caesius Rufus, governor in Britain between 71-4, was earlier legate of IX Hispana during the Revolt of Boudica in 60-1.
	www.romanbritain.freeserve.co.uk /Rbpeople.htm (18520 words)

	All Empires - ROMAN BRITAIN Roman Conquests of Britain (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Britain, unconquered and close at hand, would prove a dangerous example of independence to Gaul, and therefore must be silenced and taught the power of Rome..
		The Romans easily scatterd the Britons, who retreated to a hill fort or stronghold (oppidum), which from Caesar's description, is probably the hill fort at Bigbury.
		The Romans suppressed several revolts, one of which was led by Caratacus the leader of the Catuvellauni in 47 and an other by Boudicca, queen of the Iceni, in 60-61.
	www.allempires.com /empires/romebrit/romebrit.htm (2937 words)

	February 4th
		Britain had then been a Roman province full a hundred years, and as such had become peaceable and prosperous, for even the Caledonians in the North had ceased to be troublesome, and Roman roads, with accompanying towns, had been carried up to the borders of the wild highlands.
		A still greater proof of the prosperous state of this province is found in the circumstance that its governors could interfere actively in the affairs of the Continent, raise formidable rebellions, and even contend for the empire.
		Virius Lupus, the new propractor or governor of Britain appointed by Severus, found himself unable effectually to repress their turbulency; and he was obliged, in the year 208, to write to the Emperor for assistance.
	www.thebookofdays.com /months/feb/4.htm (1225 words)

	Aulus Plautius (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Aulus Plautius (lived 1st century) was the first governor of Roman Britain, serving from 43 to 46 (47?).
		In approximately 36 he is appointed governor of the Roman province of Pannonia, in the region of modern Hungary, where he acquired experience as general.
		The result was a Roman victory that was consolidated in the following years turning Britain into a Roman province.
	www.wikiverse.org /aulus-plautius (170 words)

	Timeline of Roman Britain
		Began transfer of military authority from Roman commanders to local British chieftains.
		The recalled legion, known as the Sixth Victrix, was said by Claudian (in "De Bello Gallico," 416) to be "that legion which is stretched before the remoter Britons, which curbs the Scot, and gazes on the tattoo-marks on the pale face of the dying Pict." The barbarians were defeated, this time, at battle of Pollentia.
		Constantine III was hailed as the new emperor by Roman garrison in Britian.
	www.britannia.com /history/romantime.html (1479 words)

	Celtic History 0 AD to 499 AD (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Little is known of the first several centuries, however, Christianity was firmly established in Roman Britain by the time of the Council of Arles (314) as three British bishops, a priest, and a deacon were in attendance.
		According to Roman writers, on crossing the Menai Straits, the legionaries are faced with women in ceremonial dress, warriors, and druid priests standing by fires of human sacrifice.
		77-84 The Roman conquest of Britain; Julius Agricola is imperial governor.
	www.massaccess.com /CelticCrossroads/celt0000.html (4410 words)

	Data Wales : Celtic religion. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Romans were generally quite tolerant of foreign religions but made an exception in the case of Celtic Druidism.
		The Romans complained that the cult was responsible for human sacrifices but it may be that they simply resented the power that the Druids exercised.
		Soon after Druidism was forbidden in Britain, the Romans tried to introduce the cult of emperor worship but this (and its associated financial demands) was much resented.
	www.data-wales.co.uk /celt4.htm (367 words)

	Gnaeus Julius Agricola (Site not responding. Last check: )
		British resistance was broken in 78AD when the Roman governor of Britain, Gnaeus Julius Agricola, attacked and destroyed the Anglesey stronghold of the Druids...
		In 71 Agricola was appointed legate to the governor of Britain Quintus Petillius Cerialis and commander of the twentieth legion (Valeria victrix).
		As governor, he subdued Wales and northern England before invading Scotland, where he defeated the Caledonians at the Battle of Mons Graupius, establishing Roman control over the southern part of Scotland.
	www.wikiverse.org /gnaeus-julius-agricola (342 words)

	The Roman Invasion of Britain
		The Roman Empire, founded according to legend by Romulus and Remus, extended across large portions of Europe, Asia and Africa and successfully imposed its highly developed civilization on the conquered lands.
		The Celtic warriors, caught unawares by the swooping Roman attack, were quickly routed, and shortly afterwards the large Cantii Tribe under the four chieftains Cingetorix, Carvilius, Taximagulus and Segonax too failed in the attempt to destroy the Roman beach camp at Deal.
		A peace treaty was made with the Romans in which he was acknowledged as the King of Britain and as such made responsible for ensuring the agreed upon yearly tribal tributes to Rome.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/3-13-2004-51632.asp?viewPage=3 (614 words)

	The Blue Iris Journal: Historical Fiction
		Roman forces that had come in the past ostensibly to help protect the Iceni have become occupiers and as such are having to deal with rebellion from a people whose culture and life they do not understand and fear.
		For Boudicca, daughter of King Melcut, the knowledge that her beloved Tallas was involved and a key member of the rebellion is quite a shock.
		Based on the author's research in the Celtic history of Great Britain, this novel recounts events from her perspective.
	blue_iris_journal.typepad.com /journal/historical_fiction (400 words)

	Corvus '99 - Edinburgh (Site not responding. Last check: )
		When the Roman "Governor of Britain" Agricola advanced North in 79 AD and reached the mouth of the River Esk at what is now Inveresk, he encountered the Celtic tribe of Votadinii.
		There is plenty of archaelogical evidence that the Roman army mixed on a day to day basis with the locals.
		After all most of the Roman army was made up of Celts (Gauls) from mainland Europe.
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	COLONIA EBORACENSIVM
		At the start of the campaign season of AD71 the new Roman governor of Britannia province, Petilius Cerialis, established a new fortress for the Ninth Hispanic Legion in the Vale of York to secure a firm base of operations for his planned campaign against the troublesome Brigantes tribe of northern England.
		By the time the new governor had arrived in Britannia with the newly-formed Legio II Adiutrix, the military situation in the province had degenerated and the powerful Brigantes tribe who inhabited almost the entire north of England were threatening their more Romanised neighbours, the Coritani of Lincolnshire and the Cornovii in Staffordshire and Cheshire.
		Lying on the north-western side of the main Roman road through the original canabae settlement and aligned with it, these substantial buildings presumably preceeded the formation of the colonia and lay on a different alignment from the street-grid imposed during the associated reorganisation of the town.
	www.roman-britain.org /places/eburacum.htm (6184 words)

	CORSTOPITVM
		Sextus Calpurnius Agricola was governor of Britain from c.
		Brigantia was a Celtic goddess worshipped in Britain and on the continent, also known as Brigit or Bride, she was the patron deity of the Brigantes tribe of north-east England.
		Apollo, also known by the Romans as Phoebus (the sun), was the son of Jupiter and Latona, and brother of Diana (a.k.a.
	www.roman-britain.org /places/corstopitum.htm (4368 words)

	The Agricola and The Germania (Penguin Classics): Current Amazon U.S.A. One-Edition Data
		As one of the most militarily successful governors of Roman held Britain, the account of Agricola is packed with fascinating descriptions of important Roman military victories.
		In 77, Tacitus married the daughter of Agricola, governor of Roman Britain.
		While I certainly wouldn't take any of Tacitus' observations of Roman era Britain and Germany for fact; it is the fact of his very attempt to try to describe these foreign peoples and what he sees in them and how they make him reflect on his own people that comes through as honest and true.
	www.ferretexpert.info /stuff-0140442413.html (1528 words)

	Hadrian
		In 55 B.C. the Romans under Julius Caesar first invaded Britain, but it was not until almost a century later in 43 A.D, during the reign of the Emperor Claudius that the full scale Roman conquest and occupation of Britain really began.
		When the Roman Emperor Hadrian visited Britain in 122 A.D., he recognised the difficulties in establishing control in Caledonia and saw that it would be impossible to introduce the Picts to the Roman way of life.
		These were built at intervals of one Roman mile and between each of these stood two smaller defensive towers called TURRETS which held small garrisons of four men.
	www.sfusd.k12.ca.us /schwww/sch618/RomanLinks/Hadrian.html (524 words)

	Roman London
		When the Romans invaded Britain in AD43, they moved north from the Kentish Coast and traversed the Thames in the London region, clashing with the local tribesmen just to the north.
		in the city; and a speculator, from his or a subsequent governor's staff, was buried on Ludgate Hill.
		The financial and economic equivalent of the governor was the procurator and there is clear evidence that the offices of this official lay somewhere within the city of
	www.thisislondontown.com /id-142/romanlondon.html (981 words)

	CalendarHome.com - 40 - Calendar Encyclopedia
		Mark the Evangelist founds the Coptic Orthodox Church as the first pope.
		Caligula embarks on a campaign to conquer Britain.
		July 13 - Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman governor of Britain
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /40.htm (126 words)

	OPERA America's Encore Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Roman governor promises Gwynn to spare the Britons if, through Mona, he prevents an attack on the Romans.
		Upon learning that he is a Roman, Mona summons her people, takes Gwynn prisoner, and forces her attack on the Romans.
		The Romans are prepared for the onslaught and defeat the Britons.
	www.operaam.org /encore/mona.htm (360 words)

	Ancient Scotland - Ardoch Roman Fort
		Around AD 80, some 40 years before the construction of Hadrian's Wall the northern frontier of Roman Britain was marked by a series of forts and watch towers along the Gask Ridge, a ridge of high ground running between Dunblane and Perth.
		The Romans retreated to what is now the Scottish-English border and in the 120s constructed Hadrian's Wall.
		When it was reoccupied in the 140s it was one of the largest Roman stations in Britain.
	www.ancient-scotland.co.uk /site.php?a=159 (206 words)

	CSCP - Cambridge Latin Course - Online Activities Book 3 Stage 26 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Everyone is anticipating the imminent arrival of Agricola – the Roman governor of Britain.
		It’s a battle of words between two powerful Romans – but even they are stunned by a shocking announcement.
		Short description of this famous battle between the Romans led by Agricola and the Caledonians of Scotland.
	www.cambridgescp.com /latin/clc/onlineA/clc_onlineA_b3_s26.php (713 words)

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