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Mar 16, 2015 · The Romans had met the Druids before in conquered Western Europe. While the Romans were happy to make a peaceful settlement with most tribes/groups in England, they had no intention of doing the same with the Druids. The Druids were priests. The Britons both respected and feared them.
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In the early period, Druidic rites were held in clearings in the forest. Sacred buildings were used only later under Roman influence. The Druids were suppressed in Gaul by the Romans under Tiberius (reigned 14–37 ce) and probably in Britain a little later.
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The Romans and Druids had first come into contact within the conquering of Western Europe. Though Rome had made peace with most of the tribes and settlements in England, they did not plan to do so with the Druids. Druids were priests who were both respected and feared by the British.
Following the Roman invasion of Gaul, the druid orders were suppressed by the Roman government under the 1st-century CE emperors Tiberius and Claudius, and had disappeared from the written record by the 2nd century.
Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman. Julius Caesar encountered the Druids during his conquest of Gaul from 58 to 49 BC. They were priests recruited mainly from the nobility and they were the only men powerful enough to organise opposition to Roman rule throughout the Celtic tribes.
Sep 23, 2022 · Roman historian and politician Cornelius Tacitus reported that after the Romans crushed the rebels, they found widespread evidence of human sacrifice — a claim that may have been...
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Feb 1, 2021 · The druids went into decline during the rise of the Roman Empire, perhaps because they were so important as a binding force to the cultures the Romans were trying to displace. Another reason was the Roman distaste for human sacrifice, despite their love of blood sports and graphic executions.
