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	Roman Britain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Roman general and future dictator Gaius Julius Caesar, endowed with a proconsular imperium for all of Gaul in the first century BCE, briefly invaded Britain as an offshoot of his campaigns in Belgium and Gaul.
		In Britain, a governor's role was primarily military but numerous other tasks were also his responsibility such as maintaining diplomatic relations with local client kings, building roads, ensuring the public courier system functioned, supervising the civitates and acting as a judge in important legal cases.
		Early Roman writers, and pre-reformation scholars certainly believed that Celtic Britain may have been Christianized early.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roman_Britain (4864 words)

	Roman Britain - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Roman Britain
		The Romans were quick to exploit the natural mineral resources of Britain, such as lead from the Mendips and Derbyshire, and even gold from Dolaucothi in southwest Wales.
		During the 4th century Britain was raided by the Saxons, Picts, and Scots.
		Milecastles are the forts that the Romans erected at intervals along the wall.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Roman+Britain (581 words)

	History of ROMAN BRITAIN
		The tendency is personified in a chieftain regarded by the Romans, during the reign of Augustus, as the king of Britain.
		Roman Britain never achieves the prosperity or sophistication of Roman Gaul, and it has the disadvantage of being cut off from the centre whenever Gaul is controlled by rebellious Roman armies or invading barbarians.
		He believes that it could be controlled by a single legion, and that it would be 'easier to hold Britain if it were completely surrounded by Roman armies, so that liberty was banished from its sight'.
	www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac71 (2352 words)

	ROMAN-BRITAIN.ORG MAIN MENU
		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.
		This section deals with the political geography of Britain following the Roman invasion, and includes a separate page for every major Romano-British site.
	www.roman-britain.org /main.htm (691 words)

	The Official Roman Baths Museum Web Site in the City of Bath
		From the roman britain, bath pump room earliest Roman use of Bath's natural hot the roman baths and pump room, city of bath waters to the fashionable 18th century elegance of venue hire bath, sacred spring uk the Georgian Pump Room.
		In the lower left centre roman britain, bath pump room ground is a face helmet in the form of a dolphin’s head.
		The Official Roman Baths Museum Web Site in the City of Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom, includes detailed information on Roman Britain, the Thermal Springs and an online Virtual Tour.
	www.romanbaths.co.uk (646 words)

	Roman Britain
		The island of Britain was a mish-mash of Celtic tribal kingdoms in the south (England) and the "barbarian" tribes in the north (Scotland) until Rome invaded under the Emperor Claudius (CE 69).
		The Roman policy of establishing client kingdoms, where the native ruler was allowed to remain in power if he paid tribute to the Empire and did not rebel, cushioned the transition in the south (Scullard 50).
		He was the highest political authority in Britain, reporting only to the praetorian prefect of Gaul, Spain and Britain.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~merrie/Arthur/rbri.html (629 words)

	The Roman Legions
		Roman legions defended the imperial frontiers from the Scottish border to the deserts of Arabia, from the Danube to the Atlas mountains in northern Africa.
		The soldiers were so good that the Romans even found them to be their best weapon at sea: they equipped their galleys with a combination grappling hook/gangplank which both snared the enemy and enabled the infantry to board.
		The Romans were especially expert at clever and speedy field maneuvers and the ancient art of siege warfare.
	www.culturalresources.com /Romleg.html (913 words)

	Post-Roman Britain
		In Britain and the End of the Roman Empire (2000) Ken Dark dismisses this as a myth, along with many other notions about this period that have not been supported by recent archaeology.
		However, by the middle of the century, around 440-50 civil war and famine spread through Britain as a result of the weakness of Britains rulers and their inability to defend the country from Pictish invasions.
		Britain reverted to barter and a largely rural, moneyless economy.
	www.postroman.info /postroman.htm (718 words)

	Timeline of Roman Britain
		- Magnus Maximus (Macsen Wledig), a Spaniard, was proclaimed Emperor in Britain by the island's Roman garrison.
		Constantine III was hailed as the new emperor by Roman garrison in Britian.
		One Marcus was proclaimed emperor in Britain, but was immediately assassinated.
	www.britannia.com /history/romantime.html (1479 words)

	Roman Britain
		The last Roman troops left Britain in 407.
		By the middle of the 3rd century the Roman Empire was in decline.
		By 47 AD the Romans were in control of England from the River Humber to the Estuary of the River Severn.
	www.localhistories.org /roman.html (975 words)

	ORB -- Sub-Roman Britain: An Introduction
		To say that sub-Roman Britain was simply "Roman Britain in decay" is to overlook both its achievements (monasticism, penitentials) and the continuity with its Roman (Latin education, Mediterranean trade) and Celtic (La Tène jewelry, the bardic tradition) past.
		Sub-Roman Wroxeter and other archaeological discoveries are helping dispel the myth of the Dark Ages in Britain.
		The Ruin of Britain begins with an "historical" prologue which narrates the foreign and domestic wars plaguing Britain since the departure of the Romans, then turns into an impassioned sermon (a jeremiad in the true sense of the word) denouncing the crimes of current British rulers and the sins of the British clergy.
	www.the-orb.net /encyclop/early/origins/rom_celt/romessay.html (3626 words)

	The Roman Gask Project
		The Gask Ridge frontier system is the earliest Roman land frontier in Britain, built in the 70s or 80's AD, 40 years before Hadrian's Wall and 60 years before the Antonine Wall.
		The Roman Gask project is sponsored by the Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust.
		Since German archaeologists have now re-dated the start of their frontier (which was once thought also to belong to the 80's) to the Trajanic period 15-20 years later, it now seems that the Gask system is the first Roman land frontier anywhere.
	www.romangask.org.uk (134 words)

	RIB
		Full details of the evidence for each unit of the Roman army in Britain are at Legions and Auxilia, based on Chapter 2 of my Companion to Roman Britain (Tempus 1999).
		People of Roman Britain provides brief biographies of the most significant emperors, governors, soldiers, and ordinary people of the province.
		One of the most important sources for Roman Britain is the series of inscribed stones which record buildings, events, people and places.
	www.romanbritain.freeserve.co.uk /Rib.htm (594 words)

	Roman Britain Index
		Association for the Study & Preservation of Roman Mosaics
	www.britannia.com /history/h30.html (18 words)

	Early Medieval Britain and Ireland
		Literary sources are few, Gildas being perhaps the most famous but obscure source of post-Roman Britain, and the Saxon Invasion.
		Britain and the End of the Roman Empire by Ken Dark.
		The period commences with the last years of Roman occupation - covering perhaps one half of the territory in question - when monetary economy and the organised distribution of manufactured products ended.
	www.postroman.info (433 words)

	INDEX
		Roman Villas in Britain - a summary of what villas looked like and how they were built.
		Evidence for Roman Towns in Britain - the historical and epigraphic background.
		Colchester’s Roman Circus– one of the most exciting recent discoveries is a Roman chariot stadium in Colchester.
	www.romanbritain.freeserve.co.uk (747 words)

	Roman Britain Invasion
		By AD 50 the tribes of southern Britain were under Roman rule and the Roman army started to move northwards.
		Claudius stayed in Britain for about 15 days and when he left he gave the army instructions to carry on with the battle against the Celtic tribes.
		It was difficult for him - the Romans liked their leaders strong and manly and brave but Claudius walked with a limp and stammered.
	museums.ncl.ac.uk /reticulum/NORTHERNFRONTIER/WeCameWeSawWeConq/WeCameWeSawI.htm (670 words)

	Roman Britain On-line Articles
		Centuries of Roman survival in the West....Evidence of the late survival of Roman culture in western Britain extends far beyond the well known remains of Wroxeter.
		There are a fair number of articles concerning Roman Britain to be found on-line, notably those at the CBA website, and UK newspapers, particularly the
		Simon Mays Infanticide is as old as man. Evidence from the Palaeolithic to the modern age, including new evidence from Roman Britain.
	home.freeuk.net /britannica/webart.htm (701 words)

	Rosemary Sutcliff, Roman Britain historical novels
		This is a significant break from the style of the earlier Roman Britain novels, where the main characters retain something of a happy-go-lucky attitude.
		The series is brought full circle from the hopeful start of Roman Britain in The Eagle of the Ninth to the hopeful birth of a Romanized Christian England in Dawn Wind.
		Rosemary Sutcliff's Roman Britain series is historical fiction at its best -- excellent historical details, interesting characters, compelling stories, and a seamless blend of fiction with history.
	www.greenmanreview.com /book/book_sutcliff_romanbritain.html (1677 words)

	Roman Archaeology
		This encounter, which became known as Mons Graupius, was a key moment for the Romans in their almighty struggle to conquer the whole of Britain.
		He said, "Before then, Britain is not very special, but in that 50-year phase, which coincides with the end of Roman control, lots of stuff is found.
		historian of the Roman campaign in Britain (and Agricola?s son-in-law).
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~mharrsch/2005_10_01_romanarch_archive.html (2837 words)

	BBC - History - Romans
		Mosaics of Roman Britain Gallery - The fabulous tesselated artistry of a lost world.
		Enter the fascinating world of Roman beliefs, from emperor worship to the exotic imported cults of the East.
		The story of love and betrayal, masters and slaves and the birth of the Roman Empire.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/ancient/romans (409 words)

	Athena Review 1,1: Landings of Caesar in Britain, 55 and 54 BC
		Caesar probably planned an expedition to Britain in 56 BC, a year when the Armorican tribes in the coast of Britanny revolted against the Romans with aid from the tribes of southern Britain.
		This, the second catastrophe for Roman ships in as many years caused by storms on the open beach, could have been averted had Caesar sailed only a few miles further up the coast to the protected harbor at Richborough (where the Romans landed when they next invaded Britain, in 43 AD).
		The Romans easily dispersed the Britons, who retreated to a hill fort or stronghold (oppidum), which from Caesar's description, is probably the hill fort at Bigbury, a site with earthwork and ditch enclosures mile and a half from the river ford.
	www.athenapub.com /caesar1.htm (1429 words)

	The Romans in Britain - 100BC to AD450
		Before the Romans came to Britain, the country was divided into a mass of tribes.
		They built an effective road structure, towns, homes and made Britain into one of the wealthiest and most valuable provinces in the Roman empire.
		This site has been designed so that you can look up nearly any subject on British Roman history by using indexes arranged by subject type.
	www.romans-in-britain.org.uk (220 words)

	potsherd - Roman pottery - Introduction
		The site includes a companion to Roman Pottery in Britain, a survey of pottery made or used in Britain during the Roman period published in 1996.
		The pages include an introductory Atlas of Roman Pottery, containing descriptions and distribution maps of types of Roman pottery (particularly types found in Britain).
		The pages of the Atlas describing the individual wares can be accessed through the main menu, which lists the wares by CLASS (table wares, cooking wares, transport amphoras etc) or SOURCE (by province of origin).
	www.potsherd.uklinux.net (590 words)

	The British Museum Learning and Information Department Roman Britain
		It is displayed in the Weston Gallery of Roman Britain (Room 49), with a small number of objects in The Roman Empire Gallery (Room 70).
		The British Museum has an extensive collection of material from Roman Britain (held by the Department of Prehistory and Europe).
		The gallery presents the most comprehensive picture of Roman Britain on display anywhere in the country.
	www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk /education/romanbritain/home.html (161 words)

	ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
		Between that important event, and the equally important arrival of a Roman Catholic mission led by St. Augustine in Kent in 597, Britain began to recede from documented history and move into a period of legend.
		The Britons became independent of Rome after several Roman troop withdrawals and the forcible expulsion of Roman administrators c.410.
		For many this is the Age of Arthur and Merlin, or the beginning of the great Age of the Saints in the Celtic churches.
	www.the-orb.net /encyclop/early/origins/rom_celt/subroman.html (283 words)

	Roman Britain
		Coin unearths new Roman emperor - 25/02/04 Historians believe Domitianus was the penultimate Roman ruler in Britain
		Beginner's luck unearthed Roman coin hoard- 24/06/00 the largest find of Roman coins in Britain, dating from 32BC, the time of Mark Antony, and AD224, the reign of Emperor Severus Alexander
		The Landings of Caesar in Britain, 55 and 54 BC
	www.chrisbutterworth.com /hist/rombrit.htm (201 words)

	BRITAIN - LoveToKnow Article on BRITAIN
		The country houses of Roman Britain have long been recognized as embodying these (or allied) types; now it becomes plain that they were the normal types throughout Britain.
		The Greek and Roman forms are doubtless attempts to reproduce a Celtic original, the exact form of which is still matter of dispute.
		In this it resembled the middle ages rather than the Roman empire or the present day, and it resembled them all the more in that its love of beauty, like theirs, was mixed with a feeling for the fantastic and the grotesque.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BR/BRITAIN.htm (201 words)

	Roman Emperors - DIR Valentinian I
		Valentinian deliberately polarized Roman society, subordinating the civilian population to the military.
		The envoys insisted that the conflict was caused by the building of Roman forts in their lands, and that furthermore individual bands of Quadi were not necessarily bound to the rule of the chiefs who had made treaties with the Romans, and thus might attack at any time.
		As a consequence, Britain was in a state of anarchy.
	www.roman-emperors.org /vali.htm (201 words)

	History_of_British_society - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia
		Britain's more gradual adoption of the radical politics of the time is often explained by the growth in Methodism among the poor and working classes, which diverted their attention to more spiritual rather than worldly revolutions.
		Romanisation was an important part of the Roman conquest strategy, and British rulers who willingly adopted Roman ways were rewarded as client kings; a good example of this is Togidubnus and his ultramodern Roman-style house at Fishbourne.
		The arrival of the Romans in 54 BC probably did not alter society greatly at first, as it was simply a replacement of the ruling class, but numerous, at first minor, ideas would later gain footholds.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /information.asp?k=History_of_British_society (6737 words)

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