THE ROMAN TIMES IN BRITISH HISTORY

In the early days of history (50-450) England was known as
Britain and the people who lived there were the Britons. There were no bigtowns on the British Isles at that time. People lived in small villagesalong the rivers or near the sea. The Britons caught fish, grew wheat andhad many pigs, cows and sheep in the meadows near the rivers and on thesides of the mountains. Later they learned to make things of wool and metaland sold them to the people who came across the sea.

The Romans with Julius Caesar at the head invaded the British Isles andforced the population to pay tribute.

The Romans kept their armies in Britain. They built roads and had thecountry under control.

They protected themselves from the attacks of the Britons by the wallswhich they built across Britain.

You can see the Roman walls in Britain even now. Here is Hadrian's Wallwhich was built by the emperor Hadrian in the year 122.

The Romans left the country only in the second half of the 5th century.
The Roman armies were called back to Italy where they defended the countryfrom barbaric peoples.

Roman-римський; n римлянин
British Isles-Британські островиan invader-завойовникto protect-захищатиthe Britons-бриттиto invade-завойовуватиto force-змушуватиpopulation-населенняtribute-даньto keep (kept; kept)-держатьa road-дорогаa century-векbarbaric-варварський