Scotland
After preliminary lowscale invasions of the island, the Romans invaded Britain in force in 43 AD, forcing their
way inland through several battles against British tribes, including the Battle of the Medway, the Battle of the
Thames, the Battle of Caer Caradoc and the Battle of Mona. Following a general uprising in which the Britons
sacked Colchester, St Albans and London, the Romans suppressed the rebellion in the Battle of Watling Street
and went on to push as far north as central Scotland in the Battle of Mons Graupius. Tribes in modernday
Scotland and Northern England repeatedly rebelled against Roman rule and two military bases were established
in Britannia to protect against rebellion and incursions from the north, from which Roman troops built and
manned Hadrian's
Scotland had been inhabited for thousands of years before the Romans arrived. However, it is only towards the