From the reconnaissance of Julius Caesar in 55 BC, to what is called the "Saxon Advent" in 449 AD, the lands of England, Scotland and Wales increasingly came under the sway of Rome. From the formal invasion of the Emperor Claudius in 44 A.D. until the "Rescript of Honorius" four centuries later, Britannia was one of Rome's most remote, yet vital, provinces, changing during that half-millennium past the recognition of Caesar's soldiers in their first sight of the island. For discussion of all aspects of Rome's impact and legacy upon Britannia and what would become Great Britain.