Презентация по английскому языку " Завоевание Британии римлянами".

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Самохина Наталья Николаевна,
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of the country of Italy.
Who were the Romans?

invaded Britain. He took with him two Roman legions. After

winning several battles against the Celtic tribes (Britons) in south-east England he returned to France.

First invasion - Caesar's first raid

landed at Walmer near Deal in Kent. This time he

brought with him no fewer than five legions (30,000 foot soldiers) and 2,000 cavalrymen (horse riders). This time the Romans crossed the River Thames. After more fighting, the British tribes promised to pay tribute to Rome and were then left in peace for nearly a century.

Second invasion - Caesar's second raid

organized the final and successful Roman invasion of Britain Many

tribes tried to resist the Romans. It took about four years for the invaders to finally gain control over southern England, and another 30 years for them to conquer all of the West Country and the mountains and valleys of Wales. The battle for Yorkshire and the remainder of northern England was still underway in AD 70..

Third and final invasion

called legions. There were over 5,000 soldiers in a legion.

Each legion had its own number, name, badge and fortress. There were about 30 legions around the Roman Empire, three of which were based in Britain at Caerleon, Chester and York.

The Roman Army (Legion)

march over 20 miles a day with heavy things to

carry. They had to carry equipment such as tents, food, cooking pots and weapons as well as wearing all their armour.

The Roman Soldier

from the Romans. The Romans spoke and wrote in Latin

and many of the words are based on Latin words.
Laws and a legal system.
The laws and ways we determine what to do with someone who is accused of breaking a law came originally from the Roman Empire.

The Romans gave:

today is more than 2,000 years old. It was started

by Julius Caesar, a Roman ruler. It is based on the movement of the earth around the sun, and so is called the 'solar calendar.' The solar calendar has 365 days a year, and 366 days every leap year, or every fourth year. The names of our months are taken from the names of Roman gods and rulers. The month 'July,' in fact, is named after Julius Caesar himself!

The Roman Empire was huge and included millions of people

living over a large area. How did they keep track of all these people? Easy! They counted them! The Roman Empire began the practice of taking a census, or a 'count,' of all the people within its boundaries every so often. Today, many countries take a census every 10 years.

swimming pool). The Romans built magnificent public bath houses in

towns across their empire. People went to the public baths for entertainment, healing or just to get clean. Some people went to the public baths to meet friends and spend their spare time there. Large bath houses had restaurants games rooms snack bars and even libraries.

Roman Baths

part of the Roman Empire. The Roman armies invaded Scotland

several times and even defeated the northern tribes a few times, but they never controlled Scotland. Hadrian's Wall was a stone barrier built to separate the Romans and the Picts tribes in Scotland. It allowed Roman soldiers to control the movements of people coming into or leaving Roman Britain.

What was Hadrian's Wall?

of animals and precious things. Sometimes a temple was built

to only worship one of the gods. A temple to all gods was known as a pantheon. It was named after the word for the entire collection of their gods called the Pantheon.

Roman Gods and Religion

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