Britain Quote by Thomas Bulfinch

“Romans withdrew from Britain four centuries later, the Britons began to retrogress,”

— Thomas Sowell

“Just like that. It had been almost seven years since the legions left our shores, having declared the Island of the Mighty sufficiently conquered.…

— Lesley Livingston

Thanks to centuries of island freedom, when we were able to decide who came in and who didn't, it is far easier to disappear…

— Peter Hitchens

Needless to say, they refused to submit to the Empire, conducting such a persistent guerrilla war that the Romans gave up hope of conquering…

— Terry Pratchett

“After a war of about 40 years, undertaken by the most stupid [Claudius], maintained by the most dissolute [Nero], and terminated by the most…

— Anonymous

“The inescapable truth... is that, within a miraculously short period of five years, your Government reduced this country from a position of world supremacy…

— Robert Boothby

“But it would take the English more than fifty years to subdue Scotland. According to legend, Wallace’s animosity toward the English was sparked by…

— David S. Kidder

Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.

— Tacitus

“In the year 754 BC, on the hills near the Tiber River, the Romans founded their capital city, Rome. During the 6th century BC,…

— Marilyn Tolhurst

Let me give you an idea of Fifties Britain. The war had ended ten years before, and most people had returned to their gardens…

— Mary Quant

The Romans dominated Egypt for four hundred years, from the time of Augustus (30 BC to 395 AD).

— Michael Tsarion

Like other systems in decay, the Roman Empire continued to function for several generations after its vitality was sapped. For nearly a hundred years…

— Winston Churchill