The Romans invaded Britain in 43 AD and left in 410. During that time, the Romans founded towns, built forts, amphitheatres and bathhouses and constructed roads.
Some of these can still be seen in Britain today.
Britain's most famous Roman site is Hadrian's Wall, a 118 kilometre Roman wall running across the north of Britain.
South of the wall, near the village of Bardon Mill, are the remains of a Roman Fort called Vindolanda.
Here, in the 1970s and 80s, hundreds of wooden writing tablets were discovered. these are the oldest handwritten documents in Britain.
23 kilometres to the east of Bardon Mill is the Roman Town of Corbridge (or Coria as it was known in Roman times),which has the remains of a Roman fort.
Other famous Roman cities in Britain are:
Bath and St Albans in the south,
Roman baths in Bath
Roman Theatre
and York and Chester in the North
column in York
Amphitheatre in Chester
