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Do you know that Britain was part of the Roman Empire for over three and a half centuries? From the invasion in AD 48 until rule from Rome ended in the 5th century, the province of Britannia was part of a political union that covered ………………… of Europe.

MUCH

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This period ………………… by several key events, both military and civilian.

MARK

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By the early 5th century, the Roman Empire could no longer defend ………………… against either internal rebellion or the external threat posed by Germanic tribes expanding in Western Europe. The last of the Roman troops left Britain.

IT

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Hadrian’s Wall was the north-west frontier of the Roman empire for nearly 300 years. It was built by the Roman army on the orders of the emperor Hadrian ………………… his visit to Britain in AD 122.

FOLLOW

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By about AD 100 there were many Roman forts in the north of Britain. The forts here ………………… by a road, now known as the Stanegate, between Corbridge and Carlisle

LINK

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Hadrian came to Britain in AD 122 and, according to a biography ………………… 200 years later, ‘put many things to right and was the first to build a wall 80 miles long from sea to sea te separate the barbarians from the Romans’.

WRITE