The encyclopdia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . kly. The uplands were hardly subduedcompletely tiU the end of the 2nd century. They differ, thirdly,in the character of their Roman occupation. The lowlands werethe scene of civil hfe. Towns, villages and country houses weretheir prominent features; troops were hardly seen in themsave in some fortresses on the edge of the hills and in achain of forts built in the 4th century to defend the south-eastcoast, the so-called Saxon Shore. The uplands of Wales and thenorth presented another spectacle. Here
The encyclopdia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . kly. The uplands were hardly subduedcompletely tiU the end of the 2nd century. They differ, thirdly,in the character of their Roman occupation. The lowlands werethe scene of civil hfe. Towns, villages and country houses weretheir prominent features; troops were hardly seen in themsave in some fortresses on the edge of the hills and in achain of forts built in the 4th century to defend the south-eastcoast, the so-called Saxon Shore. The uplands of Wales and thenorth presented another spectacle. Here civil life was almostwhoUy absent. No country town or country house has beenfound more than 20 m. north of York or west of hills were one extensive military frontier, covered with fortsand strategic roads connecting them, and devoid of town life,country houses, farms or peaceful civilized industry. Thisgeographical division was not reproduced by Rome in anyadministrative partitions of the province. At first the wholewas governed by one legatus Augusti of consular BRITAIN 585 Septimius Severus made it two provinces, Superior and Inferior,with a boundary which probably ran from Humbei? to Mersey,but we do not know how long this arrangement lasted. In theSth century there were five provinces, Britannia Prima andSecunda, Flavia and Maxima Caesariensis and (for a while)Valentia, ruled by praesides and considares under a vicarius,but the only thing known of them is that Britannia Primaincluded Cirencester. The ; army which guarded or coerced the province con-sisted, from the time of Hadrian onwards, of (1) three legions,the Second at Isca Siluruni (Caerleon-on-Usk, ), the Ninthat Eburacum {; now York), the Twentieth at Deva {;now Chester), a total of some 15,000 heavy infantry; and (2)a large but uncertain number of auxiliaries, troops of the secondgrade, organized in infantry cohorts or cavalry aloe, each 500or 1000 strong, and posted in cas
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