Romans etc
– influenced the language a lot
– brought there their own language
– established many camps that are famous cities nowadays (e.g. London)
– started building roads – they used stones
chester – old word for a road, that is why Brits have many chesters in names of streets,…..etc ( e.g. Manchester)
– started counting the population, the agriculture, the trade
– stayed in some period in Britain, they tried to invase Welsh, they didn’t conquered (dobýt) Wales and Ireland
– Hadrian’s wall – separated England and Scotland = stone-wall (that was build against Romans)
– left Britain because of climate
– conqueror Claudius
– 43 AD – 407
local tribes (kmen, rod) practised many pagan religions – Romans brought Christianity –
St. Augustin – a Roman priest (kněz) who brought Christianity to England and became a first Archbishop of Canterbury
The Anglos, The Saxons and Jutes were Germanic tribes that invaded (vpadnout) Britain in the middle of the 5th century
king Ecgbert (from Wessex)
– united 7 Anglo-saxon kingdoms in 829 AD and became the first king of England, he established England
– he had problems with invaders: Vikings succeeded in some areas by the sea