[00:00.379] | If there were sumptuous country villas amidst the olive groves of the Roman countryside. |
[00:05.702] | Why could there not be equally sumptuous country villas amidst the pear orchards of the South Downs? |
[00:12.454] | Just fall in line, be a little reasonable, some judicious supports here and there, |
[00:19.454] | and see what you would end up with the spectacular palace at Fishbourne. |
[00:31.309] | The man who built it was Togidubnus, king of the Regnenses in what would be Sussex |
[00:36.546] | one of the quickest to sign up as Rome's local ally. |
[00:40.948] | He was rewarded,with enough wealth to build himself something fit for a Roman. |
[00:46.077] | Only the extraordinary mosaic floors survive |
[00:49.130] | but the place was as big as four football pitches. |
[00:52.163] | Grand enough for someone who now gloried in the name of Tiberius Claudius Cogidumnus. |
[01:00.162] | He couldn't have been the only British chief to realise on which side his bread was buttered. |
[01:05.535] | All over Britain, there were rulers |
[01:07.005] | who thought a Roman connection would do more good than harm in their pursuit of local power and status. |
[01:16.283] | The person we usually think of as embodying British national resistance to Rome, |
[01:20.801] | Queen Boudicca of the East Anglian tribe of the Iceni. |
[01:23.602] | Actually came from a family of happy, even eager collaborators. |
[01:28.383] | It only took a policy of incredible stupidity, arrogance and brutality |
[01:33.383] | on the part of the local Roman governor to turn her from a warm supporter of Rome into its most dangerous enemy. |
[00:00.379] | If there were sumptuous country villas amidst the olive groves of the Roman countryside. |
[00:05.702] | Why could there not be equally sumptuous country villas amidst the pear orchards of the South Downs? |
[00:12.454] | Just fall in line, be a little reasonable, some judicious supports here and there, |
[00:19.454] | and see what you would end up with the spectacular palace at Fishbourne. |
[00:31.309] | The man who built it was Togidubnus, king of the Regnenses in what would be Sussex |
[00:36.546] | one of the quickest to sign up as Rome' s local ally. |
[00:40.948] | He was rewarded, with enough wealth to build himself something fit for a Roman. |
[00:46.077] | Only the extraordinary mosaic floors survive |
[00:49.130] | but the place was as big as four football pitches. |
[00:52.163] | Grand enough for someone who now gloried in the name of Tiberius Claudius Cogidumnus. |
[01:00.162] | He couldn' t have been the only British chief to realise on which side his bread was buttered. |
[01:05.535] | All over Britain, there were rulers |
[01:07.005] | who thought a Roman connection would do more good than harm in their pursuit of local power and status. |
[01:16.283] | The person we usually think of as embodying British national resistance to Rome, |
[01:20.801] | Queen Boudicca of the East Anglian tribe of the Iceni. |
[01:23.602] | Actually came from a family of happy, even eager collaborators. |
[01:28.383] | It only took a policy of incredible stupidity, arrogance and brutality |
[01:33.383] | on the part of the local Roman governor to turn her from a warm supporter of Rome into its most dangerous enemy. |
[00:00.379] | If there were sumptuous country villas amidst the olive groves of the Roman countryside. |
[00:05.702] | Why could there not be equally sumptuous country villas amidst the pear orchards of the South Downs? |
[00:12.454] | Just fall in line, be a little reasonable, some judicious supports here and there, |
[00:19.454] | and see what you would end up with the spectacular palace at Fishbourne. |
[00:31.309] | The man who built it was Togidubnus, king of the Regnenses in what would be Sussex |
[00:36.546] | one of the quickest to sign up as Rome' s local ally. |
[00:40.948] | He was rewarded, with enough wealth to build himself something fit for a Roman. |
[00:46.077] | Only the extraordinary mosaic floors survive |
[00:49.130] | but the place was as big as four football pitches. |
[00:52.163] | Grand enough for someone who now gloried in the name of Tiberius Claudius Cogidumnus. |
[01:00.162] | He couldn' t have been the only British chief to realise on which side his bread was buttered. |
[01:05.535] | All over Britain, there were rulers |
[01:07.005] | who thought a Roman connection would do more good than harm in their pursuit of local power and status. |
[01:16.283] | The person we usually think of as embodying British national resistance to Rome, |
[01:20.801] | Queen Boudicca of the East Anglian tribe of the Iceni. |
[01:23.602] | Actually came from a family of happy, even eager collaborators. |
[01:28.383] | It only took a policy of incredible stupidity, arrogance and brutality |
[01:33.383] | on the part of the local Roman governor to turn her from a warm supporter of Rome into its most dangerous enemy. |