Category:Films set in Roman Britain

Films set in Roman Britain (43 –c. 410 CE), the territory that became the Roman province of Britannia after the Roman conquest of Britain, consisting of a large part of the island of Great Britain. Julius Caesar invaded Britain in 55 and 54 BCE as part of his Gallic Wars. He received tribute, installed the friendly king Mandubracius over the Trinovantes, and returned to Gaul. Planned invasions under Augustus were called off in 34, 27, and 25 BCE. In 40 AD, Caligula assembled 200,000 men at the Channel on the continent, only to have them gather seashells (musculi) according to Suetonius, perhaps as a symbolic gesture to proclaim Caligula's victory over the sea. Three years later, Claudius directed four legions to invade Britain and restore the exiled king Verica over the Atrebates. The Romans defeated the Catuvellauni, and then organized their conquests as the province of Britain. By 47 CE, the Romans held the lands southeast of the Fosse Way. The Roman control over Wales was delayed by reverses and the effects of Boudica's uprising, but the Romans expanded steadily northwards.