King Arthur ppt presentation with YouTube links, web site links and historical context discussed from Pre-Roman Britain to 500 AD

1. t he Legend, the Symbolism & the History King Arthur

2. England 800px-Europe_location_ENG2.png

9. images (7).jpg Pre-Roman England was a mass of individual kingdoms, similar to the Native Americans. There were feuds, truces, wars and alliances among the tribes, but they were fiercely independent.

11. Timeline: Caesar’s Rome 200px-Trireme_1.jpg Caesars_invasions_of_Britain (1).jpg A rowing bireme, as possibly used by Caesar - entirely unsuitable for the stormy and tidal Channel waters.

12. Deal, England – Site of Caesar’s Invasion Attempts 220px-Julius_Caesar_memorial_001.jpg dealbe1x.gif kent.png Beach at Deal, England Memorial at Deal englishc.gif Deal, England

13. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTrghYYQBUI&feature=related Britain AD Video 1/5

14. Timeline: The Influence of Trade As discussed in the video, commerce between cultures can be just as influential as conquest – even more so where society is allowed to grow and thrive. This is what happens during this period, when Rome is influential, but not war-like … for the moment.

15. Cunobelinus.gif Coins minted under Cymbeline … aka Cunobelinus Evidence of Rome’s truce with the Britons can be found in their relationship with Cunobelinus, whom Rome proclaimed as King of the Britons. Do you recognize his alias, Cymbeline … ?

16. 200px-FirstFolioCymbeline.jpg Sure - Shakespeare Cymbeline , also known as Cymbeline, King of Britain or The Tragedy of Cymbeline , is a play by William Shakespeare, based on legends concerning the early Celtic British King Cunobelinus.

17. Timeline: The Invasion

18. caratacuss.jpg caratacuss.jpg Caratacus Guerilla leader of the native Briton resistance to Rome. He was tough, smart and a real problem for a very long time in the eyes of Rome.

19. Timeline: Conquest

20. 220px-Château_de_Versailles,_salon_de_la_paix,_buste_d'empereur_romain_(Claude).jpg Claudius

21. Timeline: Defeat

22. caratacuss.jpg caratacus_claudius.jpg Caratacus Here is a rendering of Caratacus in Rome, captured and in the court of Emperor Claudius.

23. Timeline: Rebellion 150px-Map_of_the_Territory_of_the_Iceni.svg.png

24. Timeline: Rebellion

25. Boudicca 6476584.jpg

26. 800px-Boudicca.jpg Boudicca

27. Timeline: Occupation

28. http://www.chiddingstone.kent.sch.uk/homework/romans/towns.htm Roman Towns in Britain

30. TimeLine: Scotland 120px-Statue_of_Agricola_at_Bath.jpg Statue of Agricola erected in Bath, England 1894

31. 201px-Agricola.Campaigns.78.84.jpg

32. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=029gSw0pZCc&feature=related More on the Picts ?

33. Timeline: Containment

36. http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/romans/hadrianswall.htm Hadrian’s Wall

37. Timeline: Christianity 220px-Byzantinischer_Mosaizist_um_1000_002.jpg 300px-ConstantineEmpire.jpg

38. The Roman Occupation of Great Britain

39. Timeline: Departure

40. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWYL4EhgdqM&feature=related What was Camelot … who was Arthur?