An introduction to American history, European beginnings . Caractacus before the Roman Emperor Caractacus was a prince who defied the Roman legionsfor nine years. He roused one tribe after another to re-sist them, and admitted no defeat until he was at lasttaken prisoner through treachery and was carried inchains with his family to Rome. The Roman peoplewere wild with curiosity to see what sort of man it mightbe who had dared oppose the Romans for so many years,and for their amusement he and his family were exhibited 64 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN HISTORY roads connecting the different forts in w
An introduction to American history, European beginnings . Caractacus before the Roman Emperor Caractacus was a prince who defied the Roman legionsfor nine years. He roused one tribe after another to re-sist them, and admitted no defeat until he was at lasttaken prisoner through treachery and was carried inchains with his family to Rome. The Roman peoplewere wild with curiosity to see what sort of man it mightbe who had dared oppose the Romans for so many years,and for their amusement he and his family were exhibited 64 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN HISTORY roads connecting the different forts in which the soldierswere stationed. Thus in time of danger the legions couldbe assembled on short notice. The wretched Britonswere compelled to toil like slaves in making these roads,cutting down forests and draining swamps; but the. Old Roman Road in England country was much safer to live in after the highwayswere built, while the cutting down of the forests and thedraining of the swamps increased the farming land andtended to make the climate more healthful and roads extended to every important place in theprovince. North, east, south, and west ran four greathighways, and smaller roads branched off from them inevery direction. They connected, too, with roads on the THE ROMANS IN BRITAIN 65 other side of the Enghsh Channel leading directly toRome. Better roads have seldom been built. Four dif-ferent layers of carefully prepared stone, sand, and gravelwere laid in a deep trench on a hard bottom, and thewhole mass was then pounded into a firm, even they w^ere built eighteen hundred years ago,the remains of many of them are still to be seen. Someof them became the foundation of later English roads,while others are found crossing parts of England thatare now rarely traveled. Section 10.
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