The Roman Invasion in Britain
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THE ROMAN INVASION IN BRITAIN READING TEXT: Caesar's Summer Vacation . In 55 B.C. Julius Caesar, then general of the Roman armies in Gaul, decided that it would be a good moe to tr! a little summer inasion of B ritain. It ma! hae been a moe intended"#$ to gain(2) prestige bac% home in Rome, but it"##$ was a moe that made sense. Te !e"ts in Gaul had been receiing aid(#) from teir"#&$ close relations in s$%tern ngland. British Celts ma! e&en"($ hae fought with re"ated(') tribes in Gaul against the Romans. Certainl! Julius Caesar $mp"ained that deeated Gauls would s"ip a*a+(,) to Britain to regrou). Ta-"ing(.) the British Celts made sense in the battle t$ se%re Gaul for Rome. Caesar's inasion )roed successful but in$n"%si&e(/) . 0anding in )resent da! *ent, e"#+) did battle with seeral tribes that summer, and did"#($ er! well. he following summer he returned for more, easil! defeating the first real historical British ig%re"#5$ we %now of, *ing Cassiellaunus. Remember that British -%ings- at this time were reall! no more than tribal chiefs. here was no such thing as a %niied -Britain-, and there was no such thing as a unified Celtic arm! to meet the Roman ad&ane. Julius Caesar left after two summers igting, e1ating"#$ a )romise of tribute from the defeated tribes, but it was not for another centur! that Rome would tr! to e/tend its "#0$ influence in ngland. In the meantime, howeer, the contacts between the Roman m)ire and Celtic Britain gre*. Trade "$%rised() , and it is suggested that some Celtic )rinces were sent to Rome to be ed%ated "#1$. 2ne im)ortant social change that $%rred at this time *as"#3$ that -ingsip became ereditar+ , rather than a )ost a*arded "#4$ to the best war leader. his change was to hae disastrous conseuences6 seeral )rinces "ed to Rome t$ appea" for hel) in succession s3%a44"es"&4$. Rome was ha))! to use this as a conenient e/cuse for inasion. Glossary: • armies 7 armate • )restige 7 )restigio • aid 7 aiuto • southern 7 del sud • related 7 im)arentato • to com)lain 7 lamentarsi, )rotestare • to defeat 7 battere, incere • to sli) awa! 7 scom)arire • tac%ling 7 aggredire • to secure 7 assicurare • inconclusie 7 inconcludente • *ent 7 il nome di un regato icino 8. • to land 7 sbarcare • unified 7 unificato • adance 7 difesa • fighting 7 battaglia, combattimento • to e/act 7 )retendere, esigere • to grow9grew9grown 7 crescere • trade 7 commercio • to flourish 7 )ros)erare, fiorire • to occur 7 succedere, accadere • %ingshi) 7 regalita, )otere sorano • hereditar! 7 ereditario • to award 7 onoreficen:a The Roman Invasion in Britain #
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