In short, he subdued the Britons by civilizing them, and made them exchange a savage liberty for a polite and easy subjection.

His conduct is the most perfect model for those employed in the unhappy, but sometimes necessary task, of subduing a rude and free people.
Thus was Britain, after a struggle of fifty-four years, entirely bent under the yoke, and moulded into the Roman Empire.

How so stubborn an opposition, could have been so long maintained against the greatest power on earth by a people ill armed, worse united, without revenues, without discipline, has justly been deemed an object of wonder.

Authors are generally contented with attributing it to the extraordinary bravery of the ancient Britons.

But certainly the Britons fought with armies as brave as the world ever saw, with superior discipline, and more plentiful resources.
To account for this opposition, we must have recourse to the general character of the Roman politics at this time.