How did Rome Actually Conquer Britannia
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Date: 2024-09-13
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knowledgia
The documentary gives the impression that the conquest of Britannia began during the existence of the Principate.
Actually, it began when Rome was still a Republic. Julius Caesar actually started the conquest, a feat which was completed by Emperor Claudius, and was nearly undone by Nero who panicked and sought to evacuate Roman legions from the little island during the rebellion led by the Iceni Queen, Boudicca.
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The documentary gives the impression that the conquest of Britannia began during the existence of the Principate.
Actually, it began when Rome was still a Republic. Julius Caesar actually started the conquest, a feat which was completed by Emperor Claudius, and was nearly undone by Nero who panicked and sought to evacuate Roman legions from the little island during the rebellion led by the Iceni Queen, Boudicca.
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justfadingaway
2 weeks away It would have at the very least took 2 weeks for the message to get to him, then another 2 weeks for him to travel to Britain and another 2 weeks to travel back. And I doubt someone like an Emperor would ride a horse for 2 weeks straight. So lets say 3-4 weeks for travel time each way. So we're talking about 2 months gone at the very least.
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2 weeks away It would have at the very least took 2 weeks for the message to get to him, then another 2 weeks for him to travel to Britain and another 2 weeks to travel back. And I doubt someone like an Emperor would ride a horse for 2 weeks straight. So lets say 3-4 weeks for travel time each way. So we're talking about 2 months gone at the very least.
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moodogco
If u believe the history books then after the romans left within short order Britain went to the status quo & bk to small tribs like b4 for yrs & yrs! The only thing that held up to the test of time was the language & a form of currency & way of trading but paganism very quickly took bk over Britain
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If u believe the history books then after the romans left within short order Britain went to the status quo & bk to small tribs like b4 for yrs & yrs! The only thing that held up to the test of time was the language & a form of currency & way of trading but paganism very quickly took bk over Britain
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CARL_093
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 by AD 87, when the Stanegate was established.
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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 by AD 87, when the Stanegate was established.
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gj1234567899999
It’s funny, but a few thousand years before the Romans came, the ancestors of the Britons would have been used to hunting mammoths. And they did it with stone tools. They wouldn’t have been intimidated by elephants at all.
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It’s funny, but a few thousand years before the Romans came, the ancestors of the Britons would have been used to hunting mammoths. And they did it with stone tools. They wouldn’t have been intimidated by elephants at all.
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phobosdeimos4598
Sometimes i forget how terrifying it would be if you had never heard or seen an elephant before, let alone a ton of them being used for war. Poor celtic scouts were probably shook lmao
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Sometimes i forget how terrifying it would be if you had never heard or seen an elephant before, let alone a ton of them being used for war. Poor celtic scouts were probably shook lmao
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bobashalak871
All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us
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All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us
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knowledgia
Simple answer, they didn't conquer it. They conquered some of it until guerilla warfare was employed. Same thing that stops every organized military in it's tracks.
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Simple answer, they didn't conquer it. They conquered some of it until guerilla warfare was employed. Same thing that stops every organized military in it's tracks.
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milkmonster2310
Wasn’t exactly a challenge as back then Britain was populated with peasants and savages. The Romans themselves looked down so badly on the Britons.
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Wasn’t exactly a challenge as back then Britain was populated with peasants and savages. The Romans themselves looked down so badly on the Britons.
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JOGA_Wills
What a mistake, that island was just a drain on resources, Rome made more revenue trading with Britannian tribes, not conquering them
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What a mistake, that island was just a drain on resources, Rome made more revenue trading with Britannian tribes, not conquering them
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ZYXPQI
I live near a prehistoric hillfort that housed people before the Celts, the Celts, then the romans, then the Saxon/Celts again
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I live near a prehistoric hillfort that housed people before the Celts, the Celts, then the romans, then the Saxon/Celts again
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knowledgia
It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage episode about the Roman Empire invasion of Britain at 42 AD.
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It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage episode about the Roman Empire invasion of Britain at 42 AD.
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