ACCT 002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Bayeux Tapestry, Psalms, Geats
15 Sep 2020
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600-700 bc: celtic tribes reached the british isles. Knew how to smelt iron alloys for weapons, armor and tools. Towns such as dover, wigan and york. But otherwise only very few words of celtic origin have remained (bother, clan, bog) Roman britain, britannia as part of the roman; empire (for about 400 years: celts resisted (e. g. in 60/61 revolt under boadicea); were driven to the north and west. Hadrian"s wall built 122 ad (antonine wall 142 ad) "build a wall 80 miles long to separate the romans from the barbarians" Hadrian"s policy of defense before expansion because there was unrest and rebellion in roman britain before his accession to the throne in 117. London (roman name: londinium) became most important trading center in northern. British upper-class imitated the roman way of life. Latin language spoken by the romans = many inscriptions; hardly used by britons.
