Roman Britain (AD 43-409 ) We look at life in Britannica through the eyes of Roman legionairs and Britons during the Roman occupation of the first hundred years.
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     Legionaries escorted the Roman wet nurse with Astutus, from Germania Superior (southwest Germany, Switzerland & Eastern France), back to Rome. They made good time, thanks to the Roman roads.


  Battle of Teurtoburg Forest - The Romans in a desperate attempt to storm the Germanic wall  9 CE

                           Publius Quinctilius Varus             Germanicus Julius Caesar

                           New recruits basic training

                 Roman Emperors - Augustus     Caligula     Tiberius     Claudius


  Everybody was standing and pointing to the heavens. Astutus looked up and was dumbfounded to see a very bright object streaming overhead in the sky. It was headed toward their destination. Everybody said this was a good omen and all talk of turning around ceased. Astutus learned later that the object they saw in the heavens, was called a ‘shooting star’
                        Emperor Claudius entering Camulodunum-Colchester 43 CE

                Roman War Elephants accompanied Claudius on his entry to Camulodunum-Colchester

                          Vespasian attacking Dorset Hill Forts 44 CE

        Caratacus - former chieftain of Catuvellauni tribe, leading attacks by the Silures against the Roman legions in the Welsh mountains   48 CE

        Caratacus handed over in chains to Romans, by Brigantes Queen Cartimandua 51 CE

                                    Druids and Female Furies on Anglesey
                        Female Furie and Druid on Anglesey 61 CE


  Boudicca's Britons attack and destroy the temple of Claudius at Colchester-Camulodunum

  Boudicca standing on her chariot encourages her great hoard for a frontal attack on Suetonius Paulinus's legionnaires   61 CE

       
                Suetonius Paulinus was Govenor of Britannica from 58-63 CE. He defeated Boudicca's British rebellion



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                        Brother Gwyn sat down next to mother to comfort her


                 
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      Frank Scott                                                     Culann 1

Reviewed    10   April   2018