the romans first landed in colchester, england.
the romans first landed in colchester, england.
where did the romans first land in england?
colchester
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livy provides the only full narrative for 380. after a failed census in rome, the plebeian tribunes started agitating for debt relief and obstructed the enrolment of fresh legions for the war against praeneste. not even the news that the praenestines had advanced into the district of gabii deterred the tribunes. learning that rome had no army in the field, the praenestine army pushed on until it stood before the colline gate. alarmed, the romans appointed t. quinctius cincinnatus as dictator with a. sempronius atratinus as his master of the horse and assembled the army. in response the praenestines withdrew to the allia where they set up camp, hoping that memories of their earlier defeat against the gauls at the same place would cause dread among the romans. the romans, however, recalled their previous victories against the latins and relished the chance of wiping out previous defeats. the dictator ordered a. sempronius to charge the praenestine center with the cavalry; the dictator would then attack the disordered enemy with the legions. the praenestines broke at the first charge. in the panic they abandoned their camp, the flight not stopping until they were within sight of praeneste. at first unwilling to abandon the countryside to the romans, the praenestines established a second camp, but on the arrival of the romans this second camp was also abandoned and the praenestines retreated behind the walls of their city. the romans first captured eight towns subordinated to praeneste and then marched on velitrae which was stormed. when the roman army arrived before praeneste the praenestines surrendered. having defeated the enemy in battle and captured two camps and nine towns, titus quinctius returned to rome in triumph, carrying with him from praeneste a statue of jupiter imperator. this statue was set up on the capitol between the shrines of jupiter and minerva with the inscription "jupiter and all the gods granted that the dictator titus quinctius should capture nine towns". titus quinctius laid down his office on the twentieth day after his appointment. according to d.h. and festus the nine towns were captured in nine days. festus further adds that quinctius captured praeneste on the tenth and dedicated a golden crown weighing two and one third of a pound. d.s. also records a roman victory in battle against the praenestines in this year, but does not provide any details. according to livy, the next year, 379, the praenestines renewed hostilities by instigating revolts among the latins; however, apart from this notice praeneste is not mentioned again in the sources until 358.
roman–latin wars