1. Britain Becomes Roman Britain Caesar to Claudius You must know, till the injurious Romans did extort this tribute from us, we were free. Cymbeline Cymbeline Act III, Scene 1
2. Roman Britain Before Claudius? Did Rome appoint Commius and another king? Changes in coins. Gold coins more uniform Inscribed with names; new image style Lack of mixed early and later coins in hoards
3. Roman Britain Before Claudius? Obsides – hostages? Creation of Kings in Roman territories (Judea) Burials Construction at Fishbourne, Gosbecks, Silchester
13. Foreign Policy Augustus (27 BCE- 14 CE) Trade Hostages(?) educated in Rome Threats (26/7 BCE) Diplomacy Is there too little of Roman blood spilled upon land and sea? [And this,] not that the Romans might burn the proud towers of envious Carthage, or that the Britons, hitherto unassailed, might go down the sacred way bound in chains: but that, agreeably to the wishes of the Parthians, this city may fall by its own might. Horace, c. 29 BCE
14. Augustus Res gestae To me were sent supplications by kings: … of the Britons, Dumnobellaunus and Tincommius
17. Roman Foreign Policy Tiberius (14 – 37 CE) Augustus’ counsel: “the empire should be confined to its present limits” Britons tolerate import/export taxes
48. Fishbourne Later site of “Palace” Two military buildings Granary with raised floor Supply depot with cart turn around area Possible camp at Chichester
58. Text? -Triumphal Arch The Roman Senate and People to Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, son of Drusus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunician power eleven times, Consul five times, Imperator 22 times, Censor, Father of the Fatherland, because he received the surrender of eleven kings of the Britons defeated without any loss, and first brought barbarian peoples across the Ocean into the dominion of the Roman people.
59. Another eulogy Britain – what sort of a place it is and what sort of inhabitants it produces – will soon be described more precisely and on the basis of greater exploration. …the greatest of emperors is opening it up after it has been closed so long, the conqueror of people not only unconquered but unknown to the boot! PomponiusMela
60. Caratacus Defeated in the East but regroups in the West Druids Use threat to their religion as a means of unifying people
61. Aftermath Rome in control of Thames valley and Kent Client kingdoms of Regni in Sussex and Iceni in Suffolk Face continued opposition from Caratacus, based in Wales
74. Coming What 1st Century Briton joined 20th Century notables: Boy George, Princess Diana and Margaret Thatcher, in the list of “100 Greatest Britons”?
75. The Next Steps Wales will succumb Meanwhile back at the ranchthe natives are restless
