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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Roman Britain | | | | | | |  Roman Britain: Encyclopedia II - Hadrian's Wall - In fictionHadrian's Wall featured extensively in the movie King Arthur (2004) to offer a newer, freshened version of the Arthur mythos. They were garrisoned at one of the blockhouses where Arthur had his "Round Table". Arthur and his men were "knights" held in servitude by the Romans who occupied Britain, and later by the Pope. For more on the movie, see the Internet Movie Database.
Sycamore Gap, a section of the wall between two crests just west of milecastle 38, is locally known as the "Robin Hood Tree". This location was featured in the 19 ...
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| | | | | Roman Britain: Encyclopedia II - Hadrian's Wall - After Hadrian In the months after Hadrian's death in 138, the new emperor, Antoninus Pius essentially abandoned the wall, though leaving it occupied in a support role, and began building a new wall in Scotland proper, about 100 miles north, the Antonine Wall. This turf wall ran 40 Roman miles (about 37 modern miles) and had significantly more forts than Hadrian's Wall. Antonine was unable to conquer the Picts and so when Marcus Aurelius became emperor, he abandoned the Antonine Wall and occupied Hadrian's Wall once again in 164. It remained occupied by R ...
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| | | | | Roman Britain: Encyclopedia II - Culture of ancient Rome - The arts
Culture of ancient Rome - Literature.
Roman literature was from its very inception influenced heavily by Greek authors. Some of the earliest works we possess are of historical epics telling the early military history of Rome. As the republic expanded, authors began to produce poetry, comedy, history, and tragedy.
During the reign of the early emperors of Rome there was a golden age of historical literature. Works such as the 'Histories' of Tacitus, the 'Gallic Wars' by Julius Caesar and 'History of Rome' b ...
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| | | | | Roman Britain: Encyclopedia II - Culture of ancient Rome - Social structure The center of the early social structure, dating from the time of the agricultural tribal city state, was the family, which was not only marked by blood relations but also by the legally constructed relation of patria potestas. The Pater familias was the absolute head of the family; he was the master over his wife, his children, the wives of his sons, the nephews, the slaves and the freedmen (liberated slaves, the first generation still legally inferior to the freeborn), disposing of them and of their goods at will, even putting them to death. Rom ...
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| | | | | Roman Britain: Encyclopedia II - Culture of ancient Rome - Language The native language of the Romans was Latin, an Italic language. An inflectional and synthetic language, Latin relies little on word order, conveying meaning through a system of affixes attached to word stems. Its alphabet, the Latin alphabet, is based on the Old Italic alphabet, which is in turn derived from the Greek alphabet.
Although surviving Latin literature consists almost entirely of Classical Latin, an artificial and highly stylized and polished literary language from the 1st century BC, the actual spoken language of the Roma ...
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| | | | | Roman Britain: Encyclopedia II - Culture of ancient Rome - Sports and entertainment The ancient city of Rome had a place called Campus, a sort of drill ground for Roman soliders, which was located near the Tiber river. Later, the Campus became Rome’s track and field playground, which even Julius Caesar and Augustus were said to have frequented. Imitating the Campus in Rome, similar grounds were developed in several other urban centers and military settlements.
In the campus, the youth assembled to play and exercise, which included jumping, wrestling, boxing and racing. Riding, throwing, and swimming were also prefe ...
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| | | | | Roman Britain: Encyclopedia II - Culture of ancient Rome - Religion Roman religious beliefs date back to the founding of Rome, around 800 BC, but the Roman religion commonly associated with the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire did not start forming until around 500 BC when Romans came in contact with Greek culture and adopted many of the Greek’s religious beliefs including the representation of Greek gods in the form of humans.
Private and personal worship was an important aspect of religious practices of ancient Rome. In a sense, each household in ancient Rome was a temple to the gods. Each household had a an altar (lararium), at which the family members would offer prayers, ...
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| | | | | Roman Britain: Encyclopedia II - Hadrian's Wall - Garrison The wall was garrisoned by auxiliary (i.e., non-legionary) units of the army (non-citizens). Their numbers fluctuated throughout the occupation, but may have been around 9,000 strong in general, including infantry and cavalry. The new forts could hold garrisons of 500 men whilst cavalry units of 1000 troops were stationed at either end. The total number of soldiers manning the early wall was probably greater than 10,000.
They suffered serious attacks in 180, and especially between 196 and 197 when the garrison had been seriously weake ...
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| | | | | Roman Britain: Encyclopedia II - Hadrian's Wall - Hadrian Hadrian's Wall was built following a visit by Roman emperor Hadrian. Hadrian was experiencing military difficulties not just in Britain, but from the peoples of various conquered lands across the Empire, including Egypt, Judea, Libya, Mauretania, and many of the peoples conquered by his predecessor Trajan, so was keen to impose order. However the construction of such an impressive wall was probably also built as a symbol of Roman po ...
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| | | | | | Roman Britain: Encyclopedia II - Culture of ancient Rome - Religion Roman religious beliefs date back to the founding of Rome, around 800 BC, but the Roman religion commonly associated with the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire did not start forming until around 500 BC when Romans came in contact with Greek culture and adopted many of the Greek’s religious beliefs including the representation of Greek gods in the form of humans.
Private and personal worship was an important aspect of religious practices of ancient Rome. In a sense, each household in ancient Rome was a temple to the gods. Each household had an altar (lararium ...
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| | | | | | | | | | | Roman Britain: Encyclopedia II - British military history - List of British military encounters
British military history - Prehistoric and ancient period.
Roman conquest of Britain (43)
British military history - Mediæval period.
Viking invasions (793–1066)
Raid on Lindisfarne (793)
Campaign of Alfred the Great (871–899)
Battle of Edington (878)
Battle of Cannington (878)
Battle of Stamford Bridge (1066)
Norman Conquest of England (1066) - last successful invasion of Engl ...
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| | | | | Roman Britain: Encyclopedia II - Cantiaci - Rulers
Cantiaci - Pre-Roman Iron Age.
Caesar mentions four kings, Segovax, Carvilius, Cingetorix and Taximagulus, who held power in Cantium at the time of his second expedition in 54 BC. The British leader Cassivellaunus, beseiged in his stronghold north of the Thames, sent a message to these four kings to attack the Roman naval camp as a distraction. The attack failed, a chieftain called Lugotorix was captured, and Cassi ...
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