1. THE ROMANS
REASONS FOR THE INVASION
THE ROMANS COULD MAKE
USE OF BRITISH FOOD
CELTS OF BRITAIN &
CELTS OF GAUL AGAINST
THEM

2. 55 BC.
AD.43
JULIUS CAESAR
A ROMAN ARMY ACCUPIED BRITAIN
A ROMANO-BRITISH CULTURE

3. ROMAN LIFE: RESULTS
READING & WRITING LATIN
20 LARGE TOWNS-100 SMALLER ONES
CIVITAS
(oldCeltic
tribal
capitals )
TOWNS
LARGE FARMS: “VILLAS” (RICHER BRITONS)
MUNICIPIA
(population
was given
Roman
citizenship)
COLONIAE
(peopled by
Roman
settlers)
TOWN NAMES,”CASTRA”: CHESTER, CASTER, CESTER
Close to towns to sell the crops

4. TOWNS IN ROMAN BRITAIN

6. Remains of a 'mile castle' on Hadrian's Wall.
The Romans built 80 of these little forts
along the Wall, one every Roman mile
(about 1480 meters)
Bits of Roman road can still be seen.
oldiers and carts used this cobbled
road (at Blackstone Edge in
Lancashire) to travel between
Mamucium (Manchester) and
Yorkshire.

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