Romano british

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Pencil sketch scanned and coloured in Photoshop Romano British warriors, 5th Century AD

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Ten of the incredible ancient warrior cultures that pushed forth the ‘art of war’ as an extension of their social system.

Celts under Romano-Britannic rule

The third century CE was a time of the mighty crisis of the Roman Empire. The crisis of the 3rd century is also called the "age of anarchy" by historians; the "intermediate period", the "epoch of the emperors-soldiers" and the "military monarchy". The need to defend the borders against the...

I'm making an animated film based in 600 AD in Britain, following the stories of King Arthur. What armours would the celts (Dumnonians, Welsh, Irish...

That is not to say that Britain was without its defenders. The fortress garrisons along the coasts and in the north remained: these troops were settled on plots of land around their garrisons, in lieu of pay from the central government. But these were distinctly second-rate troops, capable of holding the walls of their own forts but little else. While the field army had left, never to return, the remaining forces stayed in place; accepting the authority of the new British leadership.