CHAPTER III.
THE REDUCTION OF BRITAIN BY THE ROMANS.
The death of Caesar, and the civil wars which ensued, afforded foreign nations some respite from the Roman ambition.

Augustus, having restored peace to mankind, seems to have made it a settled maxim of his reign not to extend the Empire.

He found himself at the head of a new monarchy; and he was more solicitous to confirm it by the institutions of sound policy than to extend the bounds of its dominion.

In consequence of this plan Britain was neglected.
Tiberius came a regular successor to an established government.

But his politics were dictated rather by his character than his situation.