The End of
Roman Britain
● 55-54 BC Caesar´s invasion
● AD 43 - first invasion from
Claudius
● AD 47- reached the Fosse way
● AD 122- Hadrian´s wall
● AD 142- Antonine wall
● AD 180 attacks of the tribes in
Scotland
Was one of the main
Roman roads in
Britain.
Its route was unusual,
because despite its
length it went nowhere
near London
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Roman rule brought peace;
attacks to Roman empire's borders;
few soldiers to protect Britain;
The picts;
Saxon sea-pirates;
“A young daughter of the
picts” by Jacques le Moyne
de morgues circa 1585
Engraved
by
Theodore
de Bry
Roman Forts
● AD 270
● Romans began to
build
FORTS= plot of
land used as a
fortified military
camp.
Shape: RECTANGULAR.
Portchester Fort (today)
Round towers
Walls: 30 foot/ 9
meters
from Norfolk to
Hampshire
to protect the
coastline
closest
to Europe.
The Forts of
the Saxon Shore
● By AD 350 there
were at least ten of
these forts.
● They
acted
as
bases
for
the
classis Britannica.
Classis Britannica
● The Roman
navy in Britain.
● Meant to guard
harbours and
river-mouths
from attack and
to drive away
invaders.
“The Emperor in Britain”
● AD 286:
Carausius, the
commander of the
Classis Britannica
rebelled against the
Emperor Diocletian
and set himself as the
Emperor in Britain.
The worst attack
● AD 367
● The Picts, Saxons and
Scots launched attacks
at the same time, and
the weakened Roman
legions couldn’t resist
them.
The boundaries of Roman Britain were shrinking
● The Count of the Saxon Shore was killed in battle and London was
besieged /bɪˈsiːdʒd/
● People were afraid of invaders until Emperor Theodosius restored order.
● In AD 383 Emperor Maximus took more troops from Britain. The Pics
saw this as an opportunity, they attacked Hadrian’s wall and overran it.
● Some British Chiefs invited Saxons leaders to settle if they promised to
protect them.
● In AD 407 the last Roman soldiers left Britain. The Emperor told the
Britons they would have to defend themselves against the Saxons.
● Rome was surrounded by enemies and Roman Britain was at an end.
Crossword time!
1. One of the most important
walls that was overrun several
times by the same tribe until
the last attack in AD 383.
2. Structures built to defend the
borders and keep invaders
away.
3. Place where the troops were
taken to defend the empire and
that left Britain unprotected.
4. Name of the Roman navy in
Britain.
5. Name of the tribe that was
invited by the Britons to settle
in Britain in exchange of
protection against other tribes.
6. Name of the tribe that
attacked from the north of the
Hadrian's wall.