Apart from roads and the aquaduct What have the Romans ever done for us?

our system of government

right here in Britain no longer lots. The British from the time of Queen Boudica on, had spent lots of their time the two plotting against Roman rule or going on the march to duff them up. Queen Boudica's British military, comprising the could of the Icani and Briganties armies, smashed their way by means of 2 Roman Legions [wimps], burnt the garrison of Colchester to the floor, shoved 2000 Romans into the temple there and set it ablaze. The massed ranks of the British Celts then marched on London. God help any Romans there. Boudica's British military killed each living ingredient in the city, adult males, women people, infants, dogs, cats and so forth. They bumped off all of the treasure and valuables they wished alongside with livestock and pigs and so forth then set fire to the city of London and burnt it to a crips. in case you dig down 30 ft everywhere in the city of London at present, you come back to this charcoal layer - the remains of the unique Roman London. luckily the Brits controlled to kick the Romans out of england in the fourth century advert - bunch of spix. The King of england, Vortigern, invited the Saxons in and something is history.. Wales perpetually and Celtii bew [the living Celts] dying to Rome.

Hadrians wall to keep the Picts out

Colchester Britains first city

Striving to be Roman

The Roman invasion of Britain was arguably the most significant event ever to happen to the British Isles. It affected our language, our culture, our geography, our architecture and even the way we think. Our island has a Roman name, its capital is a Roman city and for centuries (even after the Norman Conquest) the language of our religion and administration was a Roman one.

'In the wake of the Roman occupation, every "Briton" was aware of their "Britishness".'

For 400 years, Rome brought a unity and order to Britain that it had never had before. Prior to the Romans, Britain was a disparate set of peoples with no sense of national identity beyond that of their local tribe. In the wake of the Roman occupation, every 'Briton' was aware of their 'Britishness'. This defined them as something different from those people who came after them, colouring their national mythology, so that the Welsh could see themselves as the true heirs of Britain, whilst the Scots and Irish were proud of the fact that they had never been conquered by Rome.

Yet perhaps Rome's most important legacy was not its roads, nor its agriculture, nor its cities, nor even its language, but the bald and simple fact that every generation of British inhabitant that followed them - be they Saxon, Norman, Renaissance English or Victorian - were striving to be Roman. Each was trying to regain the glory of that long-lost age when Britannia was part of a grand civilisation, which shaped the whole of Europe and was one unified island.

'The truth about Roman Britain is much more subtle and surprising...'

I am usually asked five questions whenever people talk to me about Roman Britain, and they find the answers profoundly surprising. People's view of Rome is of a grand, monolithic dictatorship which imposed its might upon an unwilling people, dictating how they lived, how they spoke and how they worshipped. They see the Romans as something akin to the Nazis (which is hardly surprising since the fascists tried to model themselves on Rome). The truth about Roman Britain is much more subtle and surprising, and serves to show why on the one hand their legacy has endured so long, and on the other, why their culture vanished so quickly once they departed from these shores.

exactly ... oh and the legal system.......apart from the roads, aquaducts and the legal system what HAVE the Romans ever done for us ???

I'll just ring Adam Hart-Davies and get back to you.

OK, he said they gave us Ampitheatres, Laws, Education, Orgies, Toga Parties and a nice line in Sandals. And a dislike of the Germans.

Conquered France first before anyone. It was the first time France surrendered. Gave us Pizza.

Sylvester Stallone? And that great salami and all those handsome men!!

sanitation

irrigation

education

wine

medicine

public health

peace

love that sketch too!...wolf nipple chips anyone

lol answered this one before no monty python fans then either!

Gave us great entertainment by feeding christians to lions.

The indoor toilet, drainage, sanitation, law.