Caesar's second, much larger expedition penetrated deep into Britain. He defeated the Britons at the Thames crossing despite sharpened stakes in the riverbed, then reduced Cassivellaunus's capital — possibly at Wheathampstead in Hertfordshire. The campaign established Roman prestige and set tribute obligations, but no permanent occupation resulted. Caesar's narrative in De Bello Gallico remains the primary source for pre-Roman Britain.
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any location in Britain — drawing on Domesday records, scheduled monuments, Victorian OS maps, geological data and archaeological archives to tell the full story of a place.
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