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We might naturally expect to find that as soon as the conquering / Romans left our island, the native Brythons would rejoice in their / freedom and in getting rid of their masters. They had, indeed, made / an attempt, under their Queen Boadicea, to free themselves while the / legions still were there, but the attempt had failed. The good / discipline and fighting qualities of the Romans had been too much for / them.
So, for a short while after the Roman soldiers went, they may have / rejoiced in their freedom; but they did not rejoice long. You / remember those walls that the Romans built across the island, and / what their purpose was. It was to help keep out the Picts and / Caledonians, those wild tribes that lived in what we call the / Highlands of Scotland. We should regard these walls, not as / insurmountable barriers, but merely as aids to defence, connecting / camps and forts established at intervals along them. And within a / very short time of the withdrawal of the Roman garrison, or guards, / the Picts were over the wall and constantly harrying and robbing and / killing the Britons.