HISTORY OF BRITAIN. ROMAN BRITAIN. GUIDED INFO SEARCH & RC
THE ROMANS IN BRITAIN
The Romans arrived in Britain in 1 when the Celts lived on the island and stayed there up to 410 AD when the 2 arrived.
The Romans left different remains as aqueducts, roads, bridges and baths.
The Romans came from Rome , which was founded by 3 .
Romulus and Remus were twin brothers abandoned by their parents in a basket into the river 4 .
They were found by a 5 that fed them with her own milk.
Then they were found and raised by a 6.
Romulus and Remus became young strong and clever men. They quarrelled and 7 killed 7.
Romulus founded Rome in 8 in the hill where the wolf found them.
The Romans invaded Britain in three different occassions.
In 9 Julius Caesar led his army across the sea from Gaul (Galia, a Roman province) to Britain. The 10 fought back and the Romans went back to Gaul
A year later, in 54 BC, the Romans came back. 11 returned with 30,000 soldiers and could only capture a Celtic 12 . He went back to Rome.
Nearly a hundred years later, in 13 the Romans returned. Emperor 14 sent four legions – each of them with up to 15 soldiers - that conquered the southern half of Britain.
The first important city in Roman Britain was Camulodunum – currently 16 -
By the 17 barbarian tribes were attacking other parts of the Roman Empire. Emperor 18 decided that the Roman legions in Britain were needed elsewhere. He called the Roman legions back to Rome.
Although the first important Roman city in Britain was 19 the Romans started to build the current London – 20 – seven years later of their arrival in Britain, in 21 .
1. a) 43 AD b) 34 AD c) 410 BC
2.a) Saxons b) Celts c) Normans
3. a) Julius Caesar b) Romulus and Claudius
c) Romulus and Remus
4. a) Thames b) Tiber c) Iberus
5. a) Lionnes b) Female dragon c) Female wolf
6. a) soldier b) shepherd c) farmer
7. a) Remus / Romulus b) Romulus / Remus c) Romulus and Remus / shepherd
8. a) 753 BC b) 357 BC c) 573 BC
9. a) 55 BC b) 55 B C c) 45 AD
10. a) British Celts b) Irish picts c) British Romans
11. a) Claudius b) Julius Caesar c) Calígula
12. a) town b) village c) hill-fort
13. a) 34 AD b) AD 43 c) 33 AD
14 a) Claudius b) Julius Caesar c) Calígula
15. a) 7,000 b) 6,000 c) 8,000
16. a) Colchester b) Winchester c) Chichester
17. a) 5h century BC b) 5th century A.D. c) 5th century
18. a) Claudius b) Julius Caesar c) Honorius
19. a) Londinium b) Camulodonum c) Caesar Augusta
20. a) Londinium b) Camulodonum c) Caesar Augusta
21. a) 50 BC b) 50 AD c) 51 BC
To keep away the Picts (living in the current Scotland) the Romans constructed Hadrian´s Wall
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