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ARTICLES RELATED TO Roman conquest of Britain - Aulus Plautius: AD 43 | | | |  Roman conquest of Britain - Aulus Plautius: AD 43: Encyclopedia II - Roman conquest of Britain - Aulus Plautius: AD 43By the 40s AD the Catuvellauni had displaced the Trinovantes as the most powerful kingdom in south-eastern Britain, taking over the former Trinovantian capital of Camulodunum (Colchester), and were pressing their neighbours the Atrebates, ruled by the descendants of Julius Caesar's former ally Commius. Verica, the king of the Atrebates and an ally of Rome, was ousted and appealed to the emperor Claudius for aid. In response Claudius mounted an invasion of the island in 43. Aulus Plautius, a distinguished senator, was given charge of four leg ...
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| | | | Roman conquest of Britain - Aulus Plautius: AD 43: Encyclopedia II - Roman conquest of Britain - Aborted invasions Augustus prepared invasions in 34 BC, 27 BC and 25 BC. The first and third were called off due to revolts elsewhere in the empire, the second because the Britons seemed ready to come to terms. According to Augustus's Res Gestae, two British kings, Dumnovellaunus and Tincomarus, sent supplications to Rome during his reign, and Strabo's Geography, written during this period, says that Britain paid more in customs and duties ...
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| | | | Roman conquest of Britain - Aulus Plautius: AD 43: Encyclopedia II - Roman conquest of Britain - Julius Caesar: 54 BC In 54 BC, Caesar returned with a larger force. According to some Caesar's own account the fleet comprised some 800 ships, many of which were built to Caesar's specifications: broader and lower for easier beaching. Men of all ranks across the Roman Republic swarmed to join the expedition.
The Britons did not oppose the landing, apparently intimidated by the size of the fleet. Caesar made an immediate night march inland, driving the Britons back, but when his ships were o ...
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| | | | Roman conquest of Britain - Aulus Plautius: AD 43: Encyclopedia II - Roman conquest of Britain - Julius Caesar: 55 BC In 55 BC, Julius Caesar landed on the coast, perhaps in what was intended as a reconnaissance mission. During his campaigns in Gaul, as recorded in Gallic Wars, he had determined that the Gauls were receiving aid from Britain. Towards the end of the summer, he decided that it would be useful to get some reliable information about the people, localities and harbours of the island, since little useful information was available from the Gauls or the merchants who visited it. First he sent out Caius Volusenus in a ship of war to investiga ...
See also:Roman conquest of Britain, Roman conquest of Britain - Julius Caesar: 55 BC, Roman conquest of Britain - Julius Caesar: 54 BC, Roman conquest of Britain - Aborted invasions, Roman conquest of Britain - Aulus Plautius: AD 43, Roman conquest of Britain - The conquest continued, Roman conquest of Britain - Asclepiodotus : AD 296 Read more here: » Roman conquest of Britain: Encyclopedia II - Roman conquest of Britain - Julius Caesar: 55 BC |
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