Click on the video to see the different stages of the Roman invasion of Wales.

Roman Invasion

The Romans began their conquest of Britain in the year 43 CE. They began their conquest of Wales in 47 CE. The tribes in Wales did not give up without a fight. It took the Romans until 78 CE to conquer all of Wales.

Wales has always been a hard place to conquer. When the Romans arrived they didn’t just have fierce warriors to fight.

Wales is full of mountains. This made it difficult for the Romans to travel quickly through Wales.

British warriors used a style of fighting called guerrilla warfare. This involved lots of small attacks instead of one big battle. Often they would attack then run away. The warriors would hide in the mountains and forests.

CE stands for Common Era, and is now often used instead of AD. For example the year ‘AD 2020’ is ‘2020 CE’.