The British nation a history / by George MWrong . recognise were never exceeded by those who came afterhim. The Emperor Hadrian, indeed, half a century The limits of ^^.^e^ ^^^^ ^ ^ew wall, run-Eoman uiiig to the soutli of that sovereignty. ^j Agricola, from the Sol-way to the Tyne (Carlisle to Newcastle).York was conveniently situated to checkbarbarian inroads from the north, andbecame the military capital. London,within easy reach of the Continent andat the lowest point where the Thames could readily becrossed to the south, was the chief commercial centre. Until about 400 a. d. Kome continue
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . recognise were never exceeded by those who came afterhim. The Emperor Hadrian, indeed, half a century The limits of ^^.^e^ ^^^^ ^ ^ew wall, run-Eoman uiiig to the soutli of that sovereignty. ^j Agricola, from the Sol-way to the Tyne (Carlisle to Newcastle).York was conveniently situated to checkbarbarian inroads from the north, andbecame the military capital. London,within easy reach of the Continent andat the lowest point where the Thames could readily becrossed to the south, was the chief commercial centre. Until about 400 a. d. Kome continued to rule Britainand kept in the country 20,000 or more troops. UnderRoman •^^^ °^^®^ ^^^^^ many British prisoners were civiiizatiou in carried off to be sacrificed in the Koman arena,ntain. ^^^^| Q|.]-, ^f |-|-^q enslaved inhabitants Avere forced to work the mines and to till the soil for their con-querors. But Rome did much to make Britain a civilized Coix OF Pakt of the Kc^imax Wall at the Present Day. state. Forests were cleared to widen the area under cul-tivation, and a great corn trade grew up between Britain 24 THE BRITISH NATION and the Roman colonies on the Rhine. The Roman in-troduced the beech-tree, and the nuts of the beech forestshelped to feed great herds of swine for centuries to come.
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