Rome-Roman Britain-conquest and governance of Britannia

Question 1

Who was the most powerful tribe in Britain before the invasion?

Answer 1

Catevellauni

Question 2

How does the coin of Cunobeliunus show the success of the Catevellauni?

Answer 2

Show they took over the Trinovantes capital at Colchester-expansion

Question 3

What source shows that Britain already had links with Rome before the invasion? And how does it show this?

Answer 3

Coin of Cunobeliunus- written in Latin

Question 4

When did Caesar invade Britain?

Answer 4

55 and 54 BC

Question 5

Why did the Trinovantes (and many other) tribe submit to Caesar?

Answer 5

They hoped the Romans would protect them from the Catevellauni

Question 6

Which tribe did Caesar make links with that would impact Claudius invasion? Why is this?

Answer 6

Artebates-Verica is the king

Question 7

Why didn’t Augustus invade Britain?

Answer 7

1. Varus disaster failure
2. He wants peace after the civil war- Pax Augusta

Question 8

What are the positives of Archaeological sources?

Answer 8

1. Contemporary
2. Can be good when there are limited/no literacy sources
3. Can be backed up by literary sources
4. Can show daily life of people-different perspective to usual Roman senators
5. Easy to date
6. Easy to visualise

Question 9

What are the negatives of Archaeological sources?

Answer 9

1.Can have missing parts/broken
2. Vague- reliant on literary sources to explain context
3. Can be propaganda (coins, inscriptions)