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CALEDONIA IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE
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CALEDONIA IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE
CONCLUSION
What are the traces Roman invasion left in Scottish culture ?
WHAT,WHERE,WHEN...?
THE WALLS
- 122 : construction of a 120 kilometers long wall, crossing the country from East to West, by the emperor Hadrien : Hadrien’s wall
- Constructed to
- Permit a better defense against Caledonian ennemies
- To facilite the exchange of informations between both sides of the country
- Show the power of Rome
- 140 : Antonin’s wall, constructed at the North of Hadrien’s, is supposed to protect the South from Caledonian tribes.
- 12 years of construction, but as soon as it was finished Caledonians jumped over it easily
- 160 : Antonin's wall is abandoned
TEMPORAL MARKERS : first invasions
TEMPORAL MARKERS : the end of the invasions
211 : Caracalla wants to undertake an other invasion,He abandons the idea quickly
No more attempts of invasion of Scotland since that date
- 43 : Claudius decides to invade Great Britain
- 47-79 : invasion of Wales and Scotland
- 71 : first expedition in Scotland against the Votadini tribe
- 77 : Agricola wants to unify the island under his authority
- 80-82 : invasion of a big part of Scotland, going further into the land, near to the Caledonii tribe
- 84 : battle against the Caledonii : Rome wins, invasion of the Lowlands
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