ASPECTS OF BRITISH HISTORY
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The paved streets4 had drainage systems, and fresh water was piped to many
buildings. There were three different kinds of town in Roman Britain. Some were
peopled by Roman citizens. In others the native townspeople were given Roman
citizenship. The third kind included the old tribal capitals through which the Romans
administered the Celtic population in the countryside. By AD 300 all towns had thick
stone walls5. The towns were connected by roads which were so well built that they
continued to be used long after the Romans had left, and became the main roads of
modern Britain. Six of these roads met in London, a capital city of about 20,000
people.
Outside the towns, the biggest change was the
growth of large farms called ‘villas’. Many of these
belonged to the richer Britons, or ‘New Britons’, who
were, like the townspeople, more Roman than Celt in
manners
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