2. Anglo-Saxon Britain
3. Invasion of the Vikings
4. The England of the Alfred the Great
5. Edward the Confessor
6. The Battle of Hastings
Mikhailov N.N. English Culture Studies. – M.: 2003. pp. 8-10, p.10 Ex.4
1. The Druids: Who they were? What functions did the Druids perform?
2. Stonehenge: Construction. Theories of its usage.
3. What country did Romans call "Caledonia”?
frequently
prehistoric
unwritten history
a blessing
insular position
invasions
material monument
Stonehenge
the Salisbury plain
the Stone Age culture
inhabitants
new waves of immigrants
the Beaker
the clay mugs
coincided
the arrival of new invaders
the Celts
artistic skills
good craftsmen
their dialects
were imposed
the Gaelic form
the Brythonic
the Brythonic tribe
barbaric
Priests
the Druids
administration
the Roman Emperor
Julius Caesar
immediate
Roman settlement
Claudius
legions
the occupation
mission
civilizing
were not conquered
a resistance
destroyed
rituals
allegedly involved
human sacrifice
revolt
East Anglia
Queen Boadicea
chariots
were defeated
unconquered areas
the Celtic fringe
imposed
Pax Romania
tribal wars
the attacks of outsiders
Picts in the North
Saxons from overseas
Lancaster
Winchester
Chichester
Latin component
"castra”
a fortified town
Roman Rule
It was walled
The Thames
was bridged
straight paved
as straight as a die
garrison towns
the Emperor Hadrian
in 120 AD
the Tyne
the Solway
Hadrian’s wall
a vast
engineering project
alongside
frescoes
mosaic
villas and baths
in the city of Bath
Christianity
absorbed
the Roman Empire
disintegrate
Rome
to defend
waves of barbaric invaders
to defend
to rule