Roman Britain'The toga was often to be seen among them': with these words the Roman Historian Tacitus describes the Britons adopting the Roman way of life at an early stage of their long history as Roman provincials. |
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THE BRITISH BACKGROUND | 3 |
THE EXPEDITIONS OF CAESAR | 20 |
FROM CAESAR TO CLAUDIUS | 42 |
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