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When the Romans arrived in Britain, they got to work straight away building roads and forts so they could transport soldiers around the country.This is called Hadrian’s Wall because Hadrian was the Roman emperor at the time.

The Romans decided they didn’t want to take over land as far north as Scotland, so they built a wall to separate England and Scotland and keep out the Celtic tribes who lived there.Julius Caesar had tried to conquer Britain a couple of times before – in 55 and 54 BC – but hadn’t been successful. A coin could be minted that showed pictures of the emperor with their name or other words and symbols on it. In the Roman Empire, coins were more than just money – they were ways for the emperor to tell the people about the great things they had done (or wanted people to think they had done).That’s why 27 BC marks the start of the Roman Empire. The first Roman emperor, in 27 BC, was Caesar Augustus, Julius Caesar’s adopted son.It split into two parts in 285 AD, with the Western Empire ending in 476 and the Eastern Empire being overthrown in 1453. The Roman Empire lasted for a long time.The Anglo-Saxons were the next people to rule England. The Romans left Britain in 410 AD because the armies were needed to defend other parts of the Empire.When the Romans were in Britain, they based themselves in London, which they called Londinium.The Romans invaded Britain and started ruling it in 43 AD.Roman armies were known for being excellent in battle – they used their weapons well, they worked well as a team and they nearly always defeated their enemies.One famous military commander was Julius Caesar.

The Romans had already won a lot of land through battles when Rome was a Republic.

It was a time of great prosperity for the Romans.

The first 200 years of Roman Empire is called the Pax Romana, which means ‘Roman peace’.

Rome had a mix of very good emperors, like Augustus, and very bad emperors, like Nero.

The Roman Empire began in 27 BC, and after that single emperors ruled, one after the other, until their deaths.

Rome was a republic before it became an empire – it was governed in a different way, and had rulers that were elected through votes.

This meant that Roman culture had a huge influence on other cultures, and it’s why finding Roman artefacts (like coins), and ruins of Roman walls and buildings (like Hadrian’s Wall) is so common in the British Isles today. The Romans got this land mostly by fighting battles with other groups of people, like the Celts in Britain – when the Romans won, they’d get more territory to add to the Empire. This was called the Roman Empire, and it covered large parts of land all around the Mediterranean Sea – and even part of Great Britain.

The ancient Romans were based in Rome in Italy, but they ruled over land that stretched far beyond the borders of Rome.