Catshill First School and Nursery The Romans | Year Four | Autumn 1

Timeline Key Diagrams Key Vocabulary 55-54 BC Julius Caesar leads two Roman military Pompeii An ancient Roman city in Italy. expeditions to Britain, but was driven back by the Celts on both occasions. Soldier A person who serves in an army.

AD 40 Coligula invaded Britain but was unsuccessful. Gladiator (In ancient Rome) a man trained to fight with weapons against other men or 43 AD Romans invade and Britain becomes part of the wild animals in an Roman Empire. arena. Emperor The ruler of an empire. 47 AD The Romans force their allies, the Iceni tribe of East Anglia, to give up all of their weapons. The Empire An 'empire' is a group of countries Iceni resist but their revolt is short lived. ruled over by a single monarch or ruling power.

49 AD The Romans make Colchester the capital of Key People Amphitheatre A circular building with rising tiers of Roman Britain. seats surrounding an open space. Used Julius Cesar Invaded Britain in both 55 in ancient Rome for contests and 60-61 AD Boadicea leads the Iceni in revolt against the and 54 BC Romans. spectacles. 100 AD Most of the 8,000 miles of Roman roads in Coligula Invaded Britain in AD 40 Britain are completed, allowing troops and goods Latin The language spoken and written by to travel easily across the country. the Romans. Claudius Successfully invaded Roman The Roman system for counting based Britain (South) in AD 43 Numerals on seven different symbols. I, V, X, L, C, 122-128 AD Emperor Hadrian builds a wall on the Scottish D, M. Border. Queen Fought back against the Barbarian A person who lived outside the Roman 250 AD onwards The Picts from Scotland, as well as the Angles, Empire, seen by Romans as violent and Saxon and Jutes from Germany and Scandinavia, Boudicca Romans in AD 60 start threatening Roman lands. uncivilised. Invasion Forcefully taking over another country . Caratacus Fought the Romans but 401-410 The Romans withdraw from Britain: Anglo was beaten in AD 52 and Saxons migrants begin to settle. imprisoned Legion The main battle unit of the Roman army.