Controlling Britain would secure those resources for the Roman Empire - and controlling Scotland was a part of that plan. In 55 BC they launched an invasion and took control of southern England.

the Roman Empire was having to fight off threats from European tribes closer to Rome. Caracalla decided that Rome did not have enough soldiers to risk another invasion of Scotland. Scotland would ...

The Roman Empire ... certainly through invasion, through conquest, but also through invitation and one could be say bequest; certainly the eastern part of what became the empire actively solicited ...

Watling Street, constructed shortly after the Roman invasion of Britain in 43 AD, served as a vital artery of the Roman Empire ... find changes the Roman map of Southwark and contributes new ...

maps, chron., notes, biblio., index. $32.50. ISBN: 0300178824 Why did the Roman Empire Last so Long ... who were little different than their many enemies in their thirst for conquest, greed, and ...