The Roman and Anglo-Saxon conquest
Roman and Anglo-Saxon conquest.
There were 3 main reasons why The Romans wante to conquer Britain: 1st Big amount of corn; 2nd Rome was a slave owning society and they needed more slaves; 3rd In the first century b.c. Rome was in war with Gaul and the Celts from Britain helped Gaul to fight against the Romans. It took 98 years for the Roman to conquer a part of Britain known today as England. 55 years b.c. Julias Caesar undertook the first attempts but failed because of the very strong Celtic opposition . 54 years b.c. Caesar came back with an army of 25.000 people and conquered a small territ near present day London . His aim, however, was not to conquer the territ as such, he took everything he wanted (corn, slaves) introduced heavy taxes Celtseparted. 43 years a.d. (after Jesus was born) Emperor Claudius finally conquered the territ of pres day England and pushed the Celts, who lived there to the less furtile and more mountains area of present day Scottland and Wales.
The Roman legacy: 1. They build a large network of solid military roads some of which exist and are used even today. Ex: The road that connects 2 cities London and Chester and is called Watling street; 2. The Romans livedin military camps (millit camp in Latin is Castrum -> plural Castra) these camps later developed into a number of English towns, so if today the name of an Eng town has the suffix – chester, -caster,-ster, it means that ot was founded by the Romans. Ex: Manchester, Chester, Lankaster,Lester,Windchester. 3. The Romans brought reading and writing, naturally in Latin. 4. They brought the tradition of “Baths” to Britain. (They founded hot mineral springs near pres day town of Bath and established the first SPA –area in Britain. 5. The Romans build a number of protective walls to defend themselves against the hostile Celts. Ex: The Hadrians wall, which nowadays stands on the border between England and Scotland and was build in the 4th century.
6. The Romans developed a small
There were 3 main reasons why The Romans wante to conquer Britain: 1st Big amount of corn; 2nd Rome was a slave owning society and they needed more slaves; 3rd In the first century b.c. Rome was in war with Gaul and the Celts from Britain helped Gaul to fight against the Romans. It took 98 years for the Roman to conquer a part of Britain known today as England. 55 years b.c. Julias Caesar undertook the first attempts but failed because of the very strong Celtic opposition . 54 years b.c. Caesar came back with an army of 25.000 people and conquered a small territ near present day London . His aim, however, was not to conquer the territ as such, he took everything he wanted (corn, slaves) introduced heavy taxes Celtseparted. 43 years a.d. (after Jesus was born) Emperor Claudius finally conquered the territ of pres day England and pushed the Celts, who lived there to the less furtile and more mountains area of present day Scottland and Wales.
The Roman legacy: 1. They build a large network of solid military roads some of which exist and are used even today. Ex: The road that connects 2 cities London and Chester and is called Watling street; 2. The Romans livedin military camps (millit camp in Latin is Castrum -> plural Castra) these camps later developed into a number of English towns, so if today the name of an Eng town has the suffix – chester, -caster,-ster, it means that ot was founded by the Romans. Ex: Manchester, Chester, Lankaster,Lester,Windchester. 3. The Romans brought reading and writing, naturally in Latin. 4. They brought the tradition of “Baths” to Britain. (They founded hot mineral springs near pres day town of Bath and established the first SPA –area in Britain. 5. The Romans build a number of protective walls to defend themselves against the hostile Celts. Ex: The Hadrians wall, which nowadays stands on the border between England and Scotland and was build in the 4th century.
6. The Romans developed a small