Романские времена в истории Великобритании.


                              History of London.
      Numerous finds prove that the area around London was inhabited by  the
Celts from 800 BC onwards. The earliest prehistoric settlers in  the  London
area lived along parts of the Thames valley. Some of their flint tools  have
been found in river graver.  All  the  time  it  was  mostly  wild  forested
countryside.
      In later prehistoric times the settlers became  more  organized.  They
lived in villages of huts made of timber,  branches  &  clay.  They  hunted,
fished & farmed.
      Following Caesar’s initial landing in Britain in 55  BC,  the  Emperor
Claudius conquered the south-east of Britain & founded the military camp  of
Londinium on a strategic ford across the Thames. The camp rapidly  developed
into a flourishing port & trading post. The area  of  about  1  square  mile
which the Romans fortified with a massive rampart corresponds  approximately
to today’s City of London.
      They built a bridge over the Thames & there has been a «London Bridge»
in the same area ever since.
      Roman Londinium grew up on the northern side of the  bridge.  Products
such as olive oil & wine were brought by ships from different parts  of  the
Roman Empire & unloaded into wooden quays along the river.
      Londinium was surrounded with a wall of stone & brick which lasted for
many centuries.
      Inside the Roman wall low houses were  built  with  bright  red  tiled
roofs. There were  probably  temples,  bathhouses,  shops  &  market  stalls
there.
Around AD 61, the Romans faced an uprising of Boadicea, the warlike Queen
of East Anglia, who even succeeded in capturing London. From about 240
onwards, London was the capital of one of the four provinces of Britain
under the Emperor Diocletian.

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