Back in England’s oldest time, people lived in big group call tribes. They were farmers – they grew their food, and kept animals for meat and eggs. They lived in villages, in wooden or mud houses, and there was often fighting between the different tribes. Life was simple but dangerous
Then in AD 43, forty thousand Roman soldiers invaded England from the area of Europe that is now Italy. The Roman army was very well-organized and had good weapons. The soldier built a wall around themselves every night so they were safe. They moved across the country, fighting and winning battles against the different tribes, and after four year they controlled the south of England.
The Roman had to fight for many years before they controlled all of England. They made many changes in the country, such as building towns and cities, and good roads. They brought a new language to England – Latin – and made laws, so people knew what they could and could not do. The religion of Christianity came to England in Roman time too.
The Roman never took control of Scotland, which is north of England, and Scottish tribes came to fight against them in the north of England again and again. Because of this, in the second century AD, The Romans built a wall to stop Scottish tribes coming to England. This wall between England and Scotland was one hundred and twenty kilometers long, and was Hadrian’s Wall