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Romans
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Gonte to Briüain?
Conquering a land believed io
he as wild and uncivilised as kon
Age Britain made Emperor
Clauüus look very brave and
powerful. By taking over different
lands, Romans could also make
money by charglng the local
people taxes, using the land to
grow food and taking usefi;l
nahral minerals such as lead
änd silver. The Romarrs could
also ta]<e and sell capüves as
slaves. EVen before they invaded
Tllho rnrere ühe Ronrans?
Britain, Romans had been visiting m ftaly was the cenüaj governmental
and
to hade for catlle. leather, corn hase of the Roman Empire.
At lts largest the
and hunting dogs, Roman Empire sh.etched
acToss IiVestern Europe
the way to the Middle all
Hast and Northem Äfrica.
Soldiers fighting lrl the Roma:r
ärn'ly could come
ft'om any part of the Hmpire.
s0 few of the Romans'
who cäme to Britain actually
came from Rome"
The troops who guarded
Hadrian 3 Wall äcIOss the
North of England, for example,
included soldiers
from counkies such as
Romania, Irae
The Netherlands and Spain.

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Bemams vrear?
Most Roman men would
wear a
short linen h.rnic and
a cloak. For
special occasions those
who had
Roman üitieenship woujd
WeaI a
toga, a singie piece
of Aom mat was
wrapped around the body
in folds.
Roman women would
wear a
nrnic with a dress ca-lled
]onqer
'stola'belted at a
the waist and
sometimes a cloak for
warrnth. The
Romans didr:t have
buitons and
used decorative brooches
"*:rgud to
hold clothing in ptace. On
their feei
they would have wom
either
sandals or boots made
ftom leather.

UWrat diü the Romans eat?

The Romans brougtrt new qfpes of food and ways
of cooking to Iron Äge Britarn. New ingredients
included onions, cahbages, walnuts amd olive oil,
which they äte with different meats such as heel
lamb, pork and fish' They a1so inüoduced the idea
of eating sauces with their meals. Thet favouJite
sauce was called'galum', made from fermented {or
rotted! fish - it was strong tasting and very smellyl
These new foods would only have been avaitable
to the very rich. For the Britons living outside of the
Roman towns, dirurertime would still have been a
simple stew 0rpomdge.

l{orru däd the Romans change Britain?

Äs part of the invasion, the Roman army built forts and settdements
across *tuch of tsritain. They also built a network of roads for long*
distance ffavel which connected different areas of the land in a new way'
The Romans found.ed tire f8st towns with large public buildings, temples,
bath houses and the beginnings of locai goverrunent. Wealthy people
built rectangular Italian style villas for the first time. The most expensive
villas would have included mosaics, wall paintings and even personal bath
suites' However, m*st people outside of these new towns wotüd have
still lived as they had in the Iron Age, in basic roundhouses as part of
small rurai settlements. EEEI
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