CHAPTER I.

PREHISTORIC AND ROMAN BRITAIN. PAGE

1. Palaeolithic Man of the River-Drift 1

2. Cave-dwelling Palaeolithic Man 2

3. Neolithic Man 3

4. Celts and Iberians 5

5. The Celts in Britain 6

6. Goidels and Britons 6

7. Phoenicians and Greeks 7

8. Gauls and Belgians in Britain 8

9. Culture and War 9

10. Religion of the Britons 10

11. The Romans in Gaul B.C. 55 10

12. Caesar's First Invasion. B.C. 55 11

13. Caesar's Second Invasion. B.C. 54 11

14. South-eastern Britain after Caesar's Departure. B.C. 54--A.D. 43 12

15. The Roman Empire 12

16. The Invasion of Aulus Plautius. A.D. 43 12

17. The Colony of Camulodunum 13

18. The Conquests of Ostorius Scapula 14

19. Government of Suetonius Paullinus. 58 14

20. Boadicea's Insurrection. 61 15

21. The Vengeance of Suetonius 15

22. Agricola in Britain. 78--84 16

23. Agricola's Conquests in the North 16

24. The Roman Walls 17

25. The Roman Province of Britain 19

26. Extinction of Tribal Antagonism 21

27. Want of National Feeling 22

28. Carausius and Allectus. 288--296 22

29. Constantius and Constantine. 296--337 22

30. Christianity in Britain 23

31. Weakness of the Empire 23

32. The Picts and Scots 23

33. The Saxons 24

34. Origin of the Saxons 24

35. The Roman Defence 24

36. End of the Roman Government. 383--410 25