Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . to enter thearmy, and were then re-moved to the remotestfrontiers to fight thebattles of the Romanempire. In no casemight a Briton becomea Roman soldier in hisown country, but hemight fight for Romein Asia or Africa, whilethe imperial army inBritain contained Moors,Greeks, and few, of course,who were the sons ofchiefs, learned theRoman language andbecame officers in the army or rose to positions of impor-tance in civil life. The Britons a
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . to enter thearmy, and were then re-moved to the remotestfrontiers to fight thebattles of the Romanempire. In no casemight a Briton becomea Roman soldier in hisown country, but hemight fight for Romein Asia or Africa, whilethe imperial army inBritain contained Moors,Greeks, and few, of course,who were the sons ofchiefs, learned theRoman language andbecame officers in the army or rose to positions of impor-tance in civil life. The Britons as a whole, however, remained untouched bythe influence of Roman civilization. They continued to livein their own villages, and retained, for the most part, theirancient customs. Their language, too, remained the the later years of Roman rule, Christianity spreadto some extent among the Britons. It was first brought tothe island probably by soldiers and merchants who hadbeen converted in Rome. But it is probable that thegreater number of the Christians were to be found in thetowns; and that the people in the villages and in the. 410] THE ROMANS Iisr BRITAIN 17 interior of the country continued to worship the godsof their fathers. 10. The Romans abandon Britain.—If the Romans couldhave given all their attention to Britain, they would havebeen able to conquer the whole island, but the great Romanempire was slowly tottering to its fall. The barbariantribes of the north and east were pressing nearer and nearerto the city, and the Romans must defend their own year fewer Romans came to Britain, and every yearsome of the conquerors had to return to Italy. At last, in410, soldiers and commanders departed from the island, andnever again did they set foot on British soil. SUMMARY Julius Caesar first led the Romans into Britain. He foimd a peoplethat were warlike, of some mechanical ability, and with a slight know-ledge of agriculture. Rome celebrated the invasi
Size: 1265px × 1975px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidonpubhisteng, bookyear1912
