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Conquest of Britain
Santiago Moreno
Joaquin Baptista
Vicky Gimenez
The First Invasion
• In late August 55 BC, 12,000
Roman soldiers landed about 6
miles from Dover
• Caesar stayed about a month,
enough to fight a battle and
receive the surrender of a local
tribe.
• He was forced to leave within
a couple of months to face new
problems in Gaul.
• It wasn’t really about conquest;
Caesar did not leave an army
of occupation behind.
The reasons
• The increasing expansion of
the empire in 55 B.C in both
western Europe and the
Mediterranean.
• Competing Roman generals
and politicians sought fame
and wealth through conquest.
• Britain was a refuge for some
of Caesar´s Gaulish enemies,
mainly the Belgae
• The mineral and agricultural
wealth of Britain also made it a
tempting prize.
Caesar’s Second Invasion
• Caesar returned to Britain in
July 54 B.C. after
Mandubracius, prince of the
Trinobantes in south-eastern
Britain, asked for his help
against tribes under the
leadership of Cassivellaunus,
king of the Catuvellauni
• Romans assembled a larger
expedition with five legions
applying the knowledge gained
on the first one.
• His landing was
unopposed this time as the
Britons were frightened by the
size of the Roman fleet
End of Caesar’s Invasions