ES 1-2

1- THE ROMANS INVADED BRITAIN IN 55 B.C

2- YES, THEY DID

3- THE ROMANS PERSUADED THE RULING CLASS OF CELTIC ARISTOCRATS TO BUILD TOWN DWELLINGS, AND THEY TURNED THE TOWNS INTO CENTRES OF VIBRANT COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY

 ES 3

1- THE ROMANS WAS INVOLVE THE CONQUERED TRIBES IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROVINCE

2- THE ROMANS ENCOURAGED THE GROWTH OF TOWNS NEAR THEIR ARMY BASES AND ESTABLISHED SPECIAL TOWNS AS SETTLEMENTS FOR RETIRED SOLDIERS

3- THE ROMANS BUILT TOWN DWELLINGS, AND THEY TURNED THE TOWNS INTO CENTRES OF VIBRANT COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY

4- THE CENTRE OF THE TOWN WAS THE FORUM

5- EVERY TOWN HAD PUBLIC BATHS. THEY WERE OPEN TO BOTH SEXES, THOUGH AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF DAY, AND SERVED AS A HEALING SPA AND METTING PLACE

6- ROADS JOINED THE TOWNS TOGETHER. THE ROMANS BUILT OVER 9600 KILOMETRES OF ROADS IN BRITAIN

7- THE FIRST LONDON BRIDGE WAS BUILT ACROSS THE RIVER THAMES, AND PROVED A CONVENIENT CENTRAL POINT FOR THE NEW NETWORK OF ROADS

8- LONDINIUM, THE ROMAN SETTLEMENT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BRIDGE, BECAME IMPORTANT AS A TRADING CENTRE FOR GOODS BROUGHT UP THE RIVER BY BOAT AND UNLOADED AT WOODEN DOCKS BY THE BRIDGEES 1-2