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 FIRST ROMAN CONTACTS | 1 |
THE EXPEDITIONS OF CAESAR | 28 |
The expedition of 55 | 39 |
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