1. Roman Britain (c.55 BC – c. AD 440)

Once Julius Caesar’s expeditions of 55 and 54 BC had pointed the way, it was more or less inevitable that Rome would try her hand at conquest.
From Caesar onwards, Britain occupied a particular and significant place in the Roman consciousness. 
It was a characteristic of the classical world that a man’s reputation—what his peers thought of him—was of the highest importance.
Reputation was won by success primarily in two fields—the law and the army. 
Caesar’s contemporary, the orator, politician, and moralist Cicero, states categorically what conferred the greatest personal status: there was more glory to be won by extending the empire than by administering it.
Roman 500  years
The Beginnings of British History
The Roman Conquest
Britain under the Late Empire
The End of Roman Rule