Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Caesar had been conquering Gaul since 58 BC and in 56 BC he took most of northwest Gaul after defeating the Veneti in the naval Battle of Morbihan.. Caesar's pretext for the invasion was that "in almost all the wars with the Gauls succours had been furnished to our enemy from that country" with fugitives from among the Gallic Belgae fleeing to Belgic settlements in Britain, [10] and the Veneti ...
Caesar's first trip into Britain was less of a full scale invasion than an expedition. He took only two legions from his army; however, his cavalry auxiliaries were unable to make the crossing despite several attempts. Caesar crossed late in the season, and in great haste, leaving well after midnight on 23 August.
Southern British tribes before the Roman invasion. In common with other regions on the edge of the empire, Britain had enjoyed diplomatic and trading links with the Romans in the century since Julius Caesar's expeditions in 55 and 54 BC, and Roman economic and cultural influence was a significant part of the British late pre-Roman Iron Age, especially in the south.
Year Date Event 55 BC: Roman General Julius Caesar invades Great Britain for the first time, gaining a beachhead on the coast of Kent. [1] 54 BC: Caesar invades for the second time, gaining a third of the country. These two invasions are known as Caesar's invasions of Britain. [1
55 BC, Caesar's intervention against Tencteri and Usipetes, Caesar defeats a Germanic army then massacres the women and children, totalling 430,000 people, somewhere near the Meuse and Rhine rivers, Caesar's first crossing of the Rhine against the Suevi, Caesar's invasions of Britain.
1st Invasion of Britain: Julius Caesar's first invasion of Britain. 54 BC: 2nd Invasion of Britain: Julius Caesar's second invasion of Britain. 53 BC: 6 May: Battle of Carrhae: A Parthian army decisively defeated a numerically superior Roman invasion force near Harran. Crassus was killed. 50 BC: Gallic Wars: The last Gaulish rebels were ...
Year Date Event 55 BC 1 January [1] Roman General Julius Caesar invades Great Britain for the first time, gaining a beachhead on the coast of Kent. 54 BC ? Caesar invades for the second time, gaining a third of the country. These two invasions are known as Caesar's invasions of Britain.
But poor harvests led to widespread revolt in Gaul, led by Ambiorix of the Eburones, forcing Caesar to campaign through the winter and into the following year. With the defeat of Ambiorix, Caesar believed Gaul was now pacified. [16] While Caesar was in Britain his daughter Julia, Pompey's wife, had died in childbirth.