Romans

The Romans tried to conquer England for the first time in 55 BC led by Julius Caesar, who was looking for fame. They tried to conquer the Celts to expand their territory and to interrupt the help the English Celts were providing to the French Celts but, unfortunately, they were unsuccessful. England, in fact, was conquered by the Romans only in 44 AD under the empire of Emperor Claudius. The Romans built roads to make the trades easier, baths, new cities such as London and Bath. They also brought in England the Latin language. The Celts were Romanized so they were inglobated in the new culture and made roman citizens instead of becoming slaves. Of course some Celts did not want to be romanized so they moved to the northen regions of England. In 160 AD Emperor Hadrian had the Hadrian’s wall built to protect the romanized England from the attacks of the Scottish Celts. Around 410 AD the Romans left England in order to go and bring more legions to Rome where the Roman Empire was being threatened by barbaric populations. Leaving England unprotected the Anglosaxons conquered it.