Over the next 300 years, Britain remained a peaceful and successful province of the Roman Empire. New cities, roads, villas and baths were built. Many Celts became Roman citizens and spoke...

The Roman conquest of Britain was the Roman Empire's conquest of most of the island of Britain, which was inhabited by the Celtic Britons. It began in earnest in AD 43 under Emperor Claudius, and was largely completed in the southern half of Britain (most of England and Wales) by AD 87, when the Stanegate was established.

From Julius Caesar’s first landing on the shoreline of England in 55 BC to the famous ‘Look to your own defences’ letter of AD 410, the Romans played an important part in British history for over 400 years. In this article, we take a look at the ups …

When the Romans arrived in AD43, they introduced new ideas and new ways of living to Britain. What happened when the Romans left? By AD410 the city of Rome was under attack and the empire was...

Aug 2, 2019 · Britain, before the Romans came, was a great unknown to the Romans. However, the Britons themselves were fully integrated with their continental neighbours in Europe. They had been integrated since the re-population of mainland Britain in around 9,000 BC.

Aug 9, 2018 · Learn why the Romans invaded Britain, and how the Romans managed to subdue Britain. Rome had had its eye on Britain for some time when troops sent by Emperor Claudius landed in 43 AD. Caesar had come ashore twice but failed to...

The Romans wanted Britain's precious metals gold, tin and iron – and its cattle. A number of Roman emperor's wanted the glory of conquering Britain and adding it to the empire.

Here is a timeline of the most important happenings during the Roman occupation of Britain. 55-53 BC, The Roman occupation of Britain began with the first and second invasion of Julius Caesar. 43 AD, Claudius orders the conquest of Britain; the first Roman governor was Aulus Plautius. 50 AD, London (Londinium) is founded.

Roman Britain was the territory that became the Roman province of Britannia after the Roman conquest of Britain, consisting of a large part of the island of Great Britain. The occupation lasted from AD 43 to AD 410.

Another aspect of Roman policy was explained - rather cynically - by the historian Tacitus in a biography of his father-in-law, Gnaeus Julius Agricola, the governor of Britain from 78 - 84 AD: