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Keep the Roman conquest facts straight: who invaded, who resisted, where the wall was, and what Romans left behind.

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  • Separate Caesar's failed 55 BC invasion from Claudius's successful AD 43 invasion.
  • Attach Boudicca to the Iceni, eastern England and Westminster Bridge.
  • Know why Hadrian's Wall was built and what Romans introduced.

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From Caesar's raids to 400 years of Roman rule

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Hadrian's Wall crossing the countryside in northern England
Hadrian's Wall — built on the orders of Emperor Hadrian

Roman Britain: names, dates, places

Keep the two invasions separate, then attach Boudicca and Hadrian's Wall to their locations.

  1. 55 BC

    Caesar failed

    Julius Caesar led the first Roman invasion of Britain.

  2. AD 43

    Claudius succeeded

    Emperor Claudius led the successful invasion and occupied almost all of Britain.

  3. Iceni

    Boudicca

    Queen in what is now eastern England; her statue is on Westminster Bridge.

  4. North

    Hadrian's Wall

    Built to keep out the Picts; Housesteads and Vindolanda are forts on the wall.

  5. 400 years

    Roman rule

    Roads, public buildings, law, new plants and animals.

  6. 3rd-4th c.

    Christianity appears

    The first Christian communities began to appear in Britain.

Do not mix up

Caesar failed; Claudius succeeded.
Hadrian's Wall kept out the Picts in the north of England.
Roman Britain is separate from later Anglo-Saxon and Viking settlement.

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