Old England: A Pictorial Museum (page 16/48)

77.—British Camp at caer Caradoc.—From Roy’s Military Antiquities.

Major-General William Roy produced The Military Antiquities of the Romans in Britain in 1793. [more...]

79.—Symbols of Rome.

“In the latter part of the summer of the year 55 B. C. (Halley, the astronomer, has gone far to prove that the exact day was the 26th of August), a Roman fleet crossed the Channel, bearing [...] [more...]

80.—British and Roman Weapons.

In the latter part of the summer of the year 55 B. C. (Halley, the astronomer, has gone far to prove that the exact day was the 26th of August), a Roman fleet crossed the Channel, bearing the infantry of two legions, about ten thousand men. This army was collected at the Portus Itius (Witsand), between Calais and Boulogne. Eighty galleys (Fig. 86) bore [...] [more...]

81.—Captive wearing the Torque.

“Torques, or gold and bronze necklaces composed of flexible bars, were peculiar to the people of this country.” (p. 22) [more...]

82.—Roman General, Standard Bearers, etc.

Here are some Roman soldiers in suitable effeminate poses as they reach the shore by crossing a bridge supported by their boats. [more...]

83.—Julias Cæsar. From a Copper Coin in the British Museum.

In the latter part of the summer of the year 55 B. C. (Halley, the astronomer, has gone far to prove that the exact day was the 26th of August), a Roman fleet crossed the Channel, bearing the infantry of two legions, about ten thousand men. This army was collected at the Portus Itius (Witsand), between Calais and Boulogne. Eighty galleys (Fig. 86) bore [...] [more...]

84.—Julias Cæsar.

The laurelled conqueror (Figs. 83, 84)

Julias Cæsar (Caesar, Cesar), the Roman Emperor.

85.—Roman Eagle.

The cavalry and the war-chariots of the active Britons met the invader on the beach; and whilst the soldiers hesitated to leave the ships, the standard-bearer of the tenth legion leaped into the water, exclaiming, as Cæsar has recorded, “Follow me, my fellow-soldiers, unless you will give up your eagle to the enemy! I, at least, will do my duty to [...] [more...]