Ontario High School History of England . nally 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 Spain, on theDanube, and the far-off Euphrates. On the other missionaries preached their faith in Britain, andmany of the Roman masters, and their British dependentsand slaves, became followers of Christ. .^The withdrawal of Rome.—The Picts from the north, theScots from what is nowIreland, Saxon
Ontario High School History of England . nally 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 Spain, on theDanube, and the far-off Euphrates. On the other missionaries preached their faith in Britain, andmany of the Roman masters, and their British dependentsand slaves, became followers of Christ. .^The withdrawal of Rome.—The Picts from the north, theScots from what is nowIreland, Saxons fromacross the North Sea,assaulted the Romanpower, and sometimesadvanced as far asLondon. Towards theend of the fourth cen-tury, the rule of Romehad become very than one rebelgeneral was proclaimedemperor in Britain by hissoldiers, and crossed toGaul, resolved tp marchon Rome itself. By 400the course of ImperialRome was well-nigh Goths, a half-savageTeutonic tribe, werehovering on the Italianfrontier. At length, in. the earlier years of the fifth century, the Gothic leader,Alaric, poured his hosts into Italy. The Roman courtfound a secure refuge behind the marshes of Ravenna,while Alaric pressed on to besiege Rome itself. To meetthe peril, the troops had already been recalled from Britain. 18 HISTORY OF ENGLAND At length in 410, the civilized world was horror-strickenby the fall and sack of Rome, and the islanders were left totheir fate. 2. The English Conquest The invasion by Picts and Scots.—The Romans had found the Britons a warlike people, but they left themenfeebled by long bondage. Wild neighbours, who hadnever known the yoke of Rome, soon attacked the landof the Britons, a region more inviting than their own. Weknow little of this new invasion. The Picts from the northwere the strongest assailants, while the Scots from Ireland*made a comparatively feeble attack, owing, no doubt, tothe difficulty of sending a force across the Irish Sea. TheBritons
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