A Brief History of Great Britain by William E Burns
By William E Burns
A quick background of serious Britain narrates the historical past of significant Britain from the earliest instances to the twenty first century, overlaying the total island--England, Wales, and Scotland--as good as linked archipelagos corresponding to the Channel Islands, the Orkneys, and eire as they've got prompted British historical past. The significant tale of this quantity is the advance of the British country, together with its upward thrust and decline at the global level. The ebook is equipped round a transparent chronological political narrative whereas incorporating therapy of social, monetary, and non secular concerns.
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Leaving two daughters and no son, the king had bequeathed half his kingdom to the emperor in hope that this would satisfy the Romans. In the Roman attempt to take over the whole kingdom, Boudicca was flogged, and according to the ancient historian Tacitus, her daughters were raped by Roman soldiers (Tacitus Annals, Book XIV). Her subsequent rebellion was the greatest challenge to Roman rule in Britain. The rebellion at first seemed successful, particularly since the main Roman army at the time was battling the rebellious Silures on the island of Anglesey off the west coast of Britain.
Leaving two daughters and no son, the king had bequeathed half his kingdom to the emperor in hope that this would satisfy the Romans. In the Roman attempt to take over the whole kingdom, Boudicca was flogged, and according to the ancient historian Tacitus, her daughters were raped by Roman soldiers (Tacitus Annals, Book XIV). Her subsequent rebellion was the greatest challenge to Roman rule in Britain. The rebellion at first seemed successful, particularly since the main Roman army at the time was battling the rebellious Silures on the island of Anglesey off the west coast of Britain.
In order to win the throne, it was necessary for a Roman leader to move all his troops to the Continent, opening up Britain to invasions by the northern tribes beyond the Roman borders, known to the Romans as Picts. Following an attack by northerners who had received word of Albinus’s defeat, the British situation was considered serious enough that the emperor himself, the grim Septimius Severus (r. 193–211), came to this remote corner of the empire in 208 to lead the expedition against the northern tribesmen.