Roman Britain
... general, Aulus Plautius, to re-conquer Britain. The two armies met at the River Medway. The Britons were no match for the well-trained Roman soldiers and they had fled into the woods. At last the Romans had properly conquered Britain. This was helped with the information gathered by Julius Caesar on the previous expeditions. Life before the Romans arrived was very different for the British. The structure of the tribes was based on a belief that everyone had to serve a practical purpose within the community. They had to feed the people and defend their territory. Most of the tribal members were put to work on the farms, raising crops and tending the livestock. They were quite good at farming and used effective techniques. They used pits to store the grain due to the amount of rain (Pytheas, a historian of the time recorded: This wheat the natives thresh, not on open floors, but in barns because they have so little sunshine and so much rain.), and once the pits had been used, rubbish was stored in them. The animals that were kept were used for work and for food. Their houses were very strong, yet simple (roundhouses). They were apparently very barbaric and used to have human sacrifices and would eat their own fathers and drink blood. The Celts were good artists and fighters and made quality, detailed jewelry as well as weapons. They had strict social systems and were very religious. After the Romans had taken over a lot of things changed. They introduced the standard Roman currency into the tribal areas they conquered. As Britain was steadily united under the new rulers, the tribes adopted the new coinage and found trade much easier not only with each other, but also with the Romans and their neighbours in Europe. As the Romans developed the road system, the time taken to transport goods around the country became shorter and so...