Roman Britain

Exercises 1 (and 2)

<!--[if !supportLists]-->1.      <!--[endif]-->Do you know when the Roman invaded Britain?

<!--[if !supportLists]-->2.      <!--[endif]-->Did they conquest the whole of the British Isles?

<!--[if !supportLists]-->3.      <!--[endif]-->What aspects of civilization did the Romans bring with them?

<!--[if !supportLists]-->1.      <!--[endif]-->The Romans invaded Britain during 43 and 47 AD.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->2.      <!--[endif]-->No, they didn’t. They conquered England and Wales but not Scotland and Ireland.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->3.      <!--[endif]-->Romans brought with them the structure of their cities, their roads, and their way to build bridges.

Exercise 3

<!--[if !supportLists]-->1.     <!--[endif]-->In the provinces Romans used to involve the conquered tribes in the administration of the territory.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->2.     <!--[endif]-->As regards the construction of new towns, Romans encourage the growth of towns near their army bases.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->3.     <!--[endif]-->Roman soldiers persuaded the aristocratic part of Celtic society to build town dwellings and turned the towns into centres of a new commercial activity.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->4.     <!--[endif]-->Roman towns were surrounded by stone walls to protect the people and in the centre of the towns there was a forum, a civic centre in witch there was a basilica. In this centre there were held the courts of justice and were done the merchant’s assemblies.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->5.     <!--[endif]-->In every Roman town there were public baths that were open to both sexes, though at different times of day, and that served as healing spas and meeting places.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->6.     <!--[endif]-->One of the innovations that Romans brought to Britain is the extended network of streets that covers all the territory that they conquered. The streets were amazingly built and made the movement of people, troupes and commercial goods faster and easier.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->7.     <!--[endif]-->In 43 AD a bridge was built across the Tames River that became a central point for the new network of roads, the first “London Bridge”.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->8.     <!--[endif]-->On the north site of the bridge, Romans built a new town called Londinium that became important as a trading centre for the goods brought up the river by boat and unloaded at woken docks by the bridge.

Exercise 4

1 - B  get               7 - C  entire

2 - C  to                 8 - D  guarded

3 - D  skill               9 - B  as

4 - A  was              10 - A  heating

5 - D  an                11 - D  back

6 - A  to                 12 - C  unforgettable

Exercise 5

Dear Mr. Hampton,

I’m writing to you because recently I visited your website about archaeological sites in Britain and I remained particularly stunned by the article about Hadrian’s Wall. It’s such an amazing construction and I’d really like to visit it next summer. I also believe it would be very interesting to visit the “milecastles”, since the roman soldiers were able to have a hot bath.

I’d be very grateful if you could contact me soon as possible to book my holiday.

Thank you very much.

Sending my best wishes

Melanie