Show ROMAN INVASION OF BRITAIN Good Reasons for Setting August 27 as at atthe the Date on Which Julius Caesar Landed on the Island The d day y of August 65 55 B. B O C. may upon S' S good od grounds be set down as the day on which Caesar Invaded tho the Island 1 of Britain It Is Interesting to learn the method by which a painstaking pains taking and Ingenious Inquirer determined determined deter deter- determined mined the date as given given Caesar Caesar himself him him- self lf It tells that he proceeded on his ex ex- expedition expedition expedition when little of the summer remained remu re re- when mu ned wh when n the people of the south of f B Britain were were engaged In their harest hat bar rest est rest and and we learn that he returned before clore the equinox Thus the day must have c been In Inu August u st st. He further tells as JS the full tuU moon occurred on the tile fourth day daYn after his landing The full noon Boon of August In that year as given iy by y l tables occurred at S 3 i. i m. m of ot the Hence Caesar land land- Mi ed on the It Is well known knot Jl that Caesar Cae ar met with greater grenter difficulty In landing and noting good his first footing tooting on the stand than he be expected The southern Sri Britons tons were a people well advanced n a civilization at the time It was only about bout a century after this tills that London iy 1 y Its present name was a city crowd- crowd Hi d merchants and of world wide History repeats Itself Itsel England even evenn n those early days when Caesar matte made Far var on the VenD to the west of ot Gaul he lie Britons sent gent a ll fleet ct of ot ships to belr heir assistance |