Housing+and+Architecture+(5th+period)

==Essential Questions: How did people live in the Medieval period, both during the Roman occupation and afterwards? Describe the advances in technology and pretection the Romans built in comparison to the Anglo-Saxon period after the Romans left. What were homes made of? Describe the various structures that could be found in a Medieval town.==

The Romans lived on a land called Britannia, and it consiste of all the island south of the shifting frontier with Caledonia.
==During the Roman invasion, Iron Age. Britain had cultural and economic links with Continental Europe, the invaders introduced new developments in agriculture, urbanisation, industry and architecture, leaving history that is still apparent today.== ==A lot of Roman historians mention Britannia, and the names of the governors are writen in history. Most knowledge of Roman Britain stems from archaeological investigations and especially epigraphic evidence.==

The first Romans to campaign extensively in Britain were of Julius Caesar in 55 BC and 54 BC, but the first winning battledid not begin until AD 43, under Claudius.
==The Romans established a provincial government and grew controling north, but were never able to exert firm control over Caledonia. After the native Britons, a distinctive Romano-British culture emerged. The Romans cemented the province's northern border with Hadrian's Wall, completed 128. In 142, they pushed the frontier north to the Forth-Clyde line, constructing the Antonine Wall,but they retreated back to Hadrian's Wall after approximately 20 years.==

Around 197, Britannia was split into two grounds, Britannia Superior and Britannia Inferior; at some point after 305, it was subdivided even further and made into an imperial diocese.
==in the Later period, Britannia hade there barbarians invade and often came under the control of imperial usurpers and pretenders. The Romans largely departed from Britain around 410, leading to the sub-Roman period, but the legacy of the empire was felt for hundreds of years.==



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 * "Huts and Timber Halls **[[image:http://www.octavia.net/images/earlyEnglishArchitecture/hut.gif width="147" height="141" align="right" caption="Anglo-Saxon wooden building"]]"
 * "The majority of Anglo-Saxon buildings were wood frame residential structures and outbuildings. Buildings could be one, one and half, or two stories high. Wood framed walls were constructed in two ways: either from split, planed timbers cut all to the same height and set upright on a wood or stone sill, or wood frame with materials such as [|wattle and daub] or [|nogging] used in the interstices between large timber uprights." **
 * "Fyrkat. Interior of long house, showing timber framing and half-thatched roof." **




 * "Fyrkat. A wattle wall under construction. Staves are being woven between the larger uprights - a good example of King Ælfred's injunction to "[|weave a fine wall]". Photos by Jonathan Gilman" **



"** St Andrews, Greensted, Essex **"




 * "St Andrews, Greensted, Essex. View of rear of church." **



"** St Andrews, Greensted, Essex. Close up view of ancient timber wall. Photos by Jonathan Gilman **"



==Roman architecture was succeeded by gothic, or perpendicular style of architecture in the late middle ages (1066-1485). “architecture during the middle ages saw many innovative changes from the Romanesque style of architecture to the gothic style of architecture.“ the full extent changed in the middle ages architecture to help understand the fore-runner-romanesque-architecture. ==