HIST 2500 Lecture : British History Notes.docx
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Last prehistoric invaders were celts: spoke brythonic. Words britain and british: changed the countryside, rectangular fields, ditches, walls, iron and tin. 19: resists rome, first british hero to defend against an invader. The roman empire: at its height, included britain, britain was a mystical, far away land. Julius cesar contacts the celts with an invasion in aug 55bce. Protracted roman conquest and occupation: by c1st and mid c2nd roman architecture, road systems. Attempt to introduce roman culture to britain: as barbarians invaded, the empire was indefensible and the troops in. Est 2, perhaps 4-6 million: ruled by governors, standing army approx. 60 000: hundreds of cities built, economy based on farming and iron, slavery, little or no history of religion. Hadrian"s wall: built after 122ad, emperor hadrian, 80 mile boundary marking the border between roman territory and the pictish north. Intended to control flow of goods and people. First half of the c4th: golden age of roman britain.
