Beric the Briton
A Story of the Roman Invasion
by G.  A.  Henty 

PREFACE. 

MY DEAR LADS, 

My series of stories dealing with the wars of England would be
altogether incomplete did it not include the period when the Romans
were the masters of the country.  The valour with which the natives
of this island defended themselves was acknowledged by the Roman
historians, and it was only the superior discipline of the invaders
that enabled them finally to triumph over the bravery and the
superior physical strength of the Britons.  The Roman conquest for
the time was undoubtedly of immense advantage to the people--who
had previously wasted their energies in perpetual tribal wars--
as it introduced among them the civilization of Rome.  In the end,
however, it proved disastrous to the islanders, who lost all their