# Beric the Briton: a Story of the Roman Invasion

An audiobook by G. A. Henty, read by LibriVox volunteers (15 h 13 min, English).

My series of stories dealing with the wars of England would be altogether incomplete did it not include the period when the Romans were the masters of the country. The valour with which the natives of this island defended themselves was acknowledged by the Roman historians, and it was only the superior discipline of the invaders that enabled them finally to triumph over the bravery and the superior physical strength of the Britons. The Roman conquest for the time was undoubtedly of immense advantage to the people -- who had previously wasted their energies in perpetual tribal wars -- as it introduced among them the civilization of Rome. In the end, however, it proved disastrous to the islanders, who lost all their military virtues. Having been defended from the savages of the north by the soldiers of Rome, the Britons were, when the legions were recalled, unable to offer any effectual resistance to the Saxons, who, coming under the guise of friendship, speedily became their masters, imposing a yoke infinitely more burdensome than that of Rome, and erasing almost every sign of the civilization that had been engrafted upon them. How far the British population disappeared under the…

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## Chapters

0. 00 - Preface (2:54): https://archive.org/download/beric_briton_go_librivox/beric_00_henty_64kb.mp3
1. 01 - A Hostage (44:21): https://archive.org/download/beric_briton_go_librivox/beric_01_henty_64kb.mp3
2. 02 - City and Forest (41:00): https://archive.org/download/beric_briton_go_librivox/beric_02_henty_64kb.mp3
3. 03 - A Wolf Hunt (44:38): https://archive.org/download/beric_briton_go_librivox/beric_03_henty_64kb.mp3
4. 04 - An Infuriated People (42:44): https://archive.org/download/beric_briton_go_librivox/beric_04_henty_64kb.mp3
5. 05 - The Sack of Camalodunum (42:21): https://archive.org/download/beric_briton_go_librivox/beric_05_henty_64kb.mp3
6. 06 - First Successes (44:27): https://archive.org/download/beric_briton_go_librivox/beric_06_henty_64kb.mp3
7. 07 - Defeat of the Britons (39:10): https://archive.org/download/beric_briton_go_librivox/beric_07_henty_64kb.mp3
8. 08 - The Great Swamps (42:00): https://archive.org/download/beric_briton_go_librivox/beric_08_henty_64kb.mp3
9. 09 - The Struggle in the Swamp (40:37): https://archive.org/download/beric_briton_go_librivox/beric_09_henty_64kb.mp3
10. 10 - Betrayed (42:44): https://archive.org/download/beric_briton_go_librivox/beric_10_henty_64kb.mp3
11. 11 - A Prisoner (44:35): https://archive.org/download/beric_briton_go_librivox/beric_11_henty_64kb.mp3
12. 12 - A School for Gladiators (50:13): https://archive.org/download/beric_briton_go_librivox/beric_12_henty_64kb.mp3
13. 13 - A Christian (40:10): https://archive.org/download/beric_briton_go_librivox/beric_13_henty_64kb.mp3
14. 14 - Rome in Flames (40:27): https://archive.org/download/beric_briton_go_librivox/beric_14_henty_64kb.mp3
15. 15 - The Christians to the Lions (43:49): https://archive.org/download/beric_briton_go_librivox/beric_15_henty_64kb.mp3
16. 16 - In Nero's Palace (38:41): https://archive.org/download/beric_briton_go_librivox/beric_16_henty_64kb.mp3
17. 17 - Betrothal (42:18): https://archive.org/download/beric_briton_go_librivox/beric_17_henty_64kb.mp3
18. 18 - The Outbreak (41:21): https://archive.org/download/beric_briton_go_librivox/beric_18_henty_64kb.mp3
19. 19 - Outlaws (39:35): https://archive.org/download/beric_briton_go_librivox/beric_19_henty_64kb.mp3
20. 20 - Mountain Warfare (41:30): https://archive.org/download/beric_briton_go_librivox/beric_20_henty_64kb.mp3
21. 21 - Old Friends (1:02:57): https://archive.org/download/beric_briton_go_librivox/beric_21_henty_64kb.mp3