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Chapter 1        When Togas and Latin Came to Britannia

1. The priest-rulers of the Celtic tribes were known as ___________________.
2. What Roman general was the first to come to Britain to conquer it? _____________________________
3. What were the people called who lived there? ______________________
4. The Roman fort Londonium became the city of ___________________ and is located on the __________________ River.
5. What Roman emperor built a wall in England to keep out the wild northern tribes of Picts and Scots? ____________________________
6. Who was the first Christian emperor of Rome?
7. Name the man who brought Christianity to the wild tribes of Ireland.
8. Roman troops had to pull out of Britain because they were needed at home to defend Rome itself. Who was attacking the Roman Empire at this time? _______________________________________
9. Eventually the empire of Rome was conquered and, in the Empire's final days, the city of Rome itself was overrun. Historians consider this to be the beginning of what historical period? ______________________________
10. The Fall of Rome also marks the beginning of the Middle Ages. Fill in the blanks for the memory trick to help you memorize the dates for the Middle Ages:
    The Middle Ages run from the ______________________ of the first _______________________ to the
    ______________________ of the next. Now give the rounded-off dates -- __________AD  to ___________AD.

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