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The Roman
Army's Impact on Britain
In the wake of the Roman
Empire's conquest of Britain in the first century
A.D., a large number of troops stayed
in the new province, and these troops had
a
considerable impact on Britain with their camps,
fortifications, and
participation in the local
economy. Assessing the impact of the army on the
civilian population starts from the
realization that the soldiers were always
unevenly distributed across the
country. Areas rapidly incorporated into the
empire were not long affected by the
military. Where the army remained
stationed, its
presence was much more influential. The imposition
of a military
base involved the requisition of native
lands for both the fort and the
territory
needed to feed and exercise the soldiers' animals.
The imposition of
military rule also robbed
local leaders of opportunities to participate in
local
government, so social development was
stunted and the seeds of disaffection
sown. This then
meant that the military had to remain to suppress
rebellion and
organize government.
Economic
exchange was clearly very important as the Roman
army brought with
it very substantial
spending power. Locally[1] a fort had two kinds of
impact.
Its large population needed food and
other supplies. Some of these were
certainly
brought from long distances, but demands were
inevitably placed on the
local area. Although goods
could be requisitioned, they were usually paid
for,
and this probably stimulated changes in
the local economy. When not campaigning,
soldiers needed to be occupied;
otherwise they represented a potentially