Ontario High School History of England . d, revealed the wealth of the master, while hisBritish slaves lived in squalid hovels, often propped againstthe outer walls of their lords dwelling. The shiveringRomans met the chill of the northern winter with furnacesand hot water pipes in their houses. They constructed lux-urious baths, on a scale, trifling indeed as compared withthose of Rome, but magnificent for a remote province. TheRomans built, probably by the labours of the enslaved 16 HISTORY OF ENGLAND Britons, great, straight roads which still endure,—four con-verging at London, three at Che
Ontario High School History of England . d, revealed the wealth of the master, while hisBritish slaves lived in squalid hovels, often propped againstthe outer walls of their lords dwelling. The shiveringRomans met the chill of the northern winter with furnacesand hot water pipes in their houses. They constructed lux-urious baths, on a scale, trifling indeed as compared withthose of Rome, but magnificent for a remote province. TheRomans built, probably by the labours of the enslaved 16 HISTORY OF ENGLAND Britons, great, straight roads which still endure,—four con-verging at London, three at Chester, two at Bath,—partlyto aid trade, but mainly, we may believe, for moving troopseasily, and thus holding in check the conquered tribes.^i.; Roman influence on the Britons.—Probably few RomansJ^ of the first rank ever dwelt in Britain. Officials, traders, and•^ soldiers went there and ruled by right of superior educationand organization. Yet the Romans did not master theBritons as they mastered the Gauls. While the natives of. Birds-eye View of Roman Plan of a Town A, the Town ; B, the Escarpment; C C, the W^alls; D, the Castle; E E, the Watch-Tower8_ Gaul forgot their tongue to speak that of Rome, the Britonsnever gave up their own speech. It is true that a fewchieftains adopted the language and dress of the conqueror,and even learned to boast of a Roman pedigree; but themass of the Britons remained alien from Rome in speechand thought. They were under an iron heel. The tax-gatherer did his sordid work, and the burden became evermore oppressive, especially for the well-to-do citizens of the BRITAIN BEFORE THE CONQUEST 17 ROMAN BKITAIN,About 400 A. D. towns, who were forced to pay as long as they could findmeans. Occasionally an emperor, ambitious to survey eventhe outlying parts of his dominions, went to Britain, andgave the island a passing importance by his year the conscription carried off drafts of Britishrecruits to fight for Rome in Gaul and Spa
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