![]() ![]() ![]() It took many battles for Rome to win that little isle but by 100 AD the Roman military had built most of the 8,000 miles of Roman roads in Britain which allowed troops and goods to travel easily across the country. In 43 AD the Roman Emperor Claudius ordered four legions to conquer Britain. So he went back to Rome a NATIONAL HERO with an over-sized ego.ĬLICK HERE for article on the Assassination of Julius caesar In 52 BC Caesar conquered Gaul (modern-day France, parts of Belgium, western Germany, and northern Italy). His foray into this “foreign/new” territory was not a success. ![]() The first Roman general to “invade” England was Julius Caesar in 55-54 BC. But wouldn’t they look great as a huge painting?” - An English woman from her diary Example of Roman pottery shards found during casual walks in LondonĢ,000 years after the Romans made this pottery in Rome, shards of it still turn up as far away from Rome as London, England (c.1,125 miles). “On Tuesday, as I walked across Hampstead Heath something blue among the stones on the path caught my eye nearby were other shards of pottery and glass.
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