Show why rome failed in ancient britain Is shown by digging lly BY EMILY 0 DAVIS london once again the post past teaches n lesson in conquest qu est and its results Arche archaeological archeological investigation in england is revealing what written history has never explained pla ined how and why rome failed to barbarian britain 2000 years ago rome ome failed says dr R E M 11 wheeler london university arche olo glat because rome tried in britain to introduce Intro duco too revolutionary an upheaval in a social order rome brought a pattern of 0 city life which was new to the britons because it cent centered cred around commerce excavations show how that the britons had their own cities but the briton was bucolic he drew on the nearby countryside tor for food and for or the stone atone iron clay bone and horn that made weapons and household gear rarely did these prehistoric britons briton lm im port foreign luxuries their trade was petty came the romans and they set about improving these people native towns that resisted were stormed and dismantled dismantle as aa has been recently shown by digging at maiden castle disarmed towns aik folic oik remained to rebuild their houses and become roman subjects no middle aliddie class the romans introduced foreign ford en craftsmen to teach the natives native S to build in the roman way and foreign capital to develop resources ot of the country by the middle of the second century says doctor wheeler london and Veru ahone brightly aly on the provincial landscape britain had acquired central he heating a ting floors doors bath suites but more than a century later the bubble had burst another century and romano british cities degenerated into concentrated slums no prosperous ml middle d dl 0 class had developed and w without aitho ut this type the roman city plan was bound to fall doctor wheeler sums it up rome ejected effected a political and social revolution in britain but not the economic revolution to fit it romano british country life succeeded the cities awaited the middle ages for a comeback |