
Episode 19: The Romanization of Britain
The History of English Podcast
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Octavian and the Roman Empire
In the third century, every free inhabitant of the empire received roman citizenship. augustus was succeeded by tiberius and then caligula. Caligula's cruelty and insanity ultimately led to his assassination in the year forty one a d. It was claudius who once again looked to britain as a possible location for roman conquest.
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