Concetti Chiave
- The Roman invasion of Britain began in 55 B.C., but it wasn't until 43-47 A.D. that they successfully conquered the south.
- The Romans introduced their culture to Britain, constructing roads, towers, and structures, many of which still exist today.
- Three types of towns were established: coloniae (Roman settlers), municipia (new Roman citizens), and civitates (old Celtic capitals).
- Hadrian's Wall was built to mark the northern boundary of Roman territories, as they couldn't conquer Caledonia.
- Roman control in Britain ended when they withdrew to protect Rome from barbarian raids, leaving Romanised Celts vulnerable.
Influenza romana in Britannia
The The Roman brought their culture when they went in Britain, they made some roads, towers and structures many of which are still in existence today. The had got three kinds of towns: coloniae, peopled by roman settlers; the municipia, where lived the new roman how were they who given roman citizenship; the civitates, which were the old Celtic capital. Many towns, also today, were army camp and their name derived from the name latin “castra”
The Romans didn’t manage to conquer the north of England, the Caledonia, so emperor Hadrian order to build a wall for to mark the border of their territories.
Fine del controllo romano
Roman control of Britain finished when the Roman had to came back for to defend Rome against the barbarian raiders. So the Romanised Celts were left alone against the Scots, the Irish and Saxon.