Roman Invasion of Britan

I found that the invasion of Britain by the Romans very interesting so I decided to do my common task on it. The Romans were a very proud and aggressive country. They always had to show that they were the best at everything that they did. One way they displayed their country's strength was by conquering other territories: it was like a game. They conquered Spain, Greece, parts of Asia Minor, and Africa. They could not however conquer Britain. The first roman general to have tried was Julius Caesar. He invaded in 55 BC and 54 BC. He had to leave in order to stop a rebellion. Under emperor Claudius was the roman empire finally able to conquer Britain in a series of attacks begging in 43 AD and ending in 75 AD. The people were oppressed by the roman empire and frequently tried to revolt against them. Most famous were Caratacus' revolt and Boudicca's revolt. Boudicca's was the leader of the Iceni after her husband was killed by the Romans. After the Romans stole their money attacked Boudicca and her two daughters sparking the revolt. She was the first woman to lead an army of her own, containing 70,000 men. They stormed the roman town, Camulodunum, stealing food, clothing, and jewelry. The Romans, who were living in the town, hid inside a huge temple. Boudicca and her army were able to break down the doors and slaughter all the men. women, and children. Afterwards, they set the town on fire before leaving. They invaded two more Roman towns, decimating the three largest towns in Roman Britain.  The last major battle was against Suetonius who was leading an army of 10,000 men. They clashed between St. Albans and Wroxeter. The Romans stopped their advance forced the rebels to retreat. They killed 80,000 men, women, and children for their 400 hundred men that they lost. Boudicca later committed suicide and the most serious threat to the Romans was over.

My journal shows the hardship that the British people went under roman control and them resenting everything about them. There have been situations like these in the future such as the American colonist being oppressed by England or the South American colonist being oppressed by Spain. Even situations today you have people being oppressed by their rulers and revolting such as the situations in Syria. One interesting thing that I found out about this topic is that it took many invasions by the Romans in order to conquer Britain. I always thought the Romans were so strong that they could invade a less powerful country, with tribes, easily.