Romans

Question 1

Date of the Romans

Answer 1

43 to 410 ac

Question 2

First exploration in Britain

Answer 2

Julius Caesar explored it around 50BC without conquering it

Question 3

Contact of the Celts and Romans before the invasion

Answer 3

They had a contact through commerce with Roman provinces, specially Gallia

Question 4

Military conquest to the island

Answer 4

43 bc led by the Emperor Claudius

Question 5

What happened to Britania after the Roman conquest?

Answer 5

It was incorporated as another province of the Empire

Question 6

70 AC

Answer 6

Uprising of Boadiccea, an attempt of the Britonsto resist the invasion

Question 7

Where did the Romans settle?

Answer 7

In the lowlands

Question 8

122 AC

Answer 8

Emperor Hadrian ordered to build a huge wall that served as a morthernmost military frontier to the Empire

Question 9

What happened to Druidism?

Answer 9

The Romans eliminated Druidism as they believed it was a form of resistance to the Roman dominon

Question 10

Roman Legion

Answer 10

Military unit that expressed the sense of order and discipline that characterized the Roman civilization, and was the key to the Roman Conquest

Question 11

Castra

Answer 11

Military camps were the legions were located.

Question 12

How did Castra evolve?

Answer 12

The term turned into -chester

Question 13

Importance of Castras

Answer 13

They were the origin of many cities

Question 14

Londinium

Answer 14

London

Question 15

Eboracum

Answer 15

York

Question 16

Venta Belgarum

Answer 16

Winchester

Question 17

Hibernia

Answer 17

Ireland

Question 18

Aquae Sulis

Answer 18

Bath

Question 19

Lindum

Answer 19

Lincoln

Question 20

Cantiacorum

Answer 20

Canterburry

Question 21

Caledonia

Answer 21

Scotland

Question 22

Significance of Roman cities

Answer 22

They were the best illustration of the superiority of the Roman way of life

Question 23

Amenities that the Roman cities offered

Answer 23

Gymnasium, forum, market places, basilikon, theatres, brick and marble houses, public baths, stone streets

Question 24

What did the Britons adopt from the Romans?

Answer 24

Their administrative bureaucracy and trading activities carried out in the cities

Question 25

Roman Villas

Answer 25

Country houses of the rich Britons.

Question 26

Characteristic of the Roman Villas

Answer 26

They had central heating system, mosaic floors, and luxurious gardens

Question 27

Importance of the toga and latin

Answer 27

They became a mark of prestige

Question 28

What happened with the luxury of the Romans?

Answer 28

It attracted the greed of the barbarians

Question 29

Stone roads

Answer 29

Net that connected all the Roman cities

Question 30

Importance of stone roads

Answer 30

The legions marched through them and commercial goods were traded there

Question 31

Why were the Romans nation builders and architects

Answer 31

They built cities, roads, aqueducts, bridges, fortresses, etc.

Question 32

What was the most important legacy of the Romans according to Churchill

Answer 32

The first notion of state

Question 33

What consecuence did the connection of Britain with Europe have?

Answer 33

The contact with the mainstream Western civilization, a label that implies a conception of human life rooted in the traditions lf Greece, Rome, and Palestine

Question 34

Legacy of Greece

Answer 34

Philosophy, politics, arts, and science

Question 35

Legacy of Rome

Answer 35

The notions of law and state

Question 36

Legacy of Palestine

Answer 36

Religious notions of monotheism and ethics

Question 37

Pax Romana

Answer 37

System of security, order, and progress that the Roman dominion allowed everywhere

Question 38

Why didnt the Romans succeed at Romanizing Britain?

Answer 38

Because it was a kind of superimposed structure without solid roots in the Britons society. It was one of the poorest provinces and the most distant one.

Question 39

410 AC

Answer 39

Emperor Honorius called back the legions that were in Britain to help defence the heart of the Empire that was threatened by the barbarians.

Question 40

What happened after the Romans left?

Answer 40

Roman Britannia collapsed