ASPECTS OF BRITISH HISTORY
Roman soldiers and traders brought Christianity, and in the fourth century, the
Christian Church was established in Britain. It survived in Wales and Cornwall.
The End of Roman Rule
Roman control of Britain came to an end as the empire began to collapse. In the
late fourth century the Roman legions found it more and more difficult to stop the
Scots from crossing Hadrian's Wall. On the mainland, Germanic tribes began to raid
the coast of Gaul6 and even northern Italy. In 409 AD Rome pulled its last soldiers out
of Britain. They were soon followed by the colonists. The Romanized Britons were
left to fight alone against the Scots and the Saxon raiders. The following year Rome
itself fell to the raiders.
Despite their long occupation of Britain, the Romans left very little behind.
Unlike Gaul or Spain, they left here neither their system of law and administration
nor their language
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