What is Roman conquest of Britain?
[[File:Roman.Britain.campaigns.43.to.84.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Roman conquest of Britain.]] The '''Roman conquest of Britain''' began in [[AD]] 43 under Emperor [[Claudius]]. His general [[Aulus Plautius]] became first [[Governor]] of [[Roman Britain]] ({{lang-la|Britannia}}). [[Britain]] had been the target of invasions by the [[Roman Republic]] and [[Roman Empire]]. It had [[diplomacy|diplomatic]] and [[trade|trading]] links with the Romans after [[Julius Caesar]]'s expeditions in 55 and 54 [[BC]]. Roman economic and cultural influence was already part of the British late pre-Roman [[Iron Age]], in the south. Between 55 BC and the 40s AD, Britain was not invaded. [[Augustus]] prepared invasions in 34 BC, 27 BC and 25 BC. The first and third were called off due to revolts elsewhere in the empire, the second because the Britons seemed ready to come to terms.<ref>Dio Cassius, ''Roman History'' [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/49*.html#38 49.38], [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/53*.html#22 53.22], [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/53*.html#25 53.25]</ref> [[Strabo]]'s ''Geography'', written during this period, says that Britain paid more in [[customs]] and duties than could be raised by [[taxation]] if the island were conquered.<ref>[[Strabo]], ''Geography'' [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Strabo/4E*.html 4.5]</ref> By the 40s AD, the political situation in Britain was apparently in some chaos. <ref>John Creighton 2000. ''Coins and power in late Iron Age Britain'', Cambridge University Press</ref> [[Caligula]] planned a campaign against the Britons in 40, but it never happened.<ref>[[Suetonius]], ''Caligula'' [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Caligula*.html#44 44-46]; Dio Cassius, ''Roman History'' [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/59*.html#25 59.25]</ref> Caligula's preparations made Claudius' invasion possible three years later. For exa