Conquering the Ocean The Roman Invasion of Britain Michael L. Frankel well-planned policies and careful allocation

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Conquering the Ocean The Roman Invasion of Britain Michael L. Frankel well-planned policies and careful allocationAn authoritative new history of the Roman conquest of BritainWhy did Julius Caesar come to Britain? His own account suggests that he invaded to quell a resistance of Gallic sympathizers in the region of modern day Kent but there must have been personal and divine aspirations behind the expeditions in 55 and 54 BCE. To the ancients, the Ocean was a body of water that circumscribed the known world, separating places like Britain from terra cognita, and