constantius ii was the roman emperor who invaded britain.
constantius ii was the roman emperor who invaded britain.
who was the roman emperor who invaded britain?
constantius ii
evidence of trade between roman gaul and the wealthy community who lived at folkestone, seems to suggest that they were on good terms with the romans in the years before the roman occupation, and that when the roman emperor claudius invaded britain in ad 43, his troops did not come ashore at folkestone. by c. 75 ad, the iron age settlement had been replaced with a roman villa. the first version of the villa to be built consisted only of block a, and was built of tufa blocks laid on foundations of flint and ironstone. main rooms had "opus signinum" flooring, and were possibly painted with frescoes.
folkestone roman villa
the fort was long thought to have been built in the mid-4th century but it has been dated to around 290, based on the dating of wooden piles which were found underpinning the roman walls in an excavation carried out in 1994. other saxon shore forts were built or reconstructed around this time as part of a systematic programme of improvements to the coastal defences of roman britain. the construction of the saxon shore forts has been linked to the raids that saxon and jute pirates (from what is now northern germany and mainland denmark) were mounting against communities along the north sea and english channel. an alternative explanation is that "anderitum" was built to defend roman britain from rome itself. carausius, a roman general who commanded the "classis britannica" (the roman fleet based in the english channel), revolted against rome in 286 and declared himself emperor of britain and northern gaul. he was assassinated in 293 by his treasurer, allectus, who was himself killed in 296 when the roman emperor constantius chlorus invaded britain to overthrow the usurper.
pevensey castle