A Roman Britain - Agriculture

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What were the Celts already farming (crops) ?
Wheat and Barley and Rye
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What did the Romans introduce?
Spelt (bread), oats, flax (linen), parsnips, carrots, celery, cabbage, apples
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What were the celts already herding (livestock)?
Cattle, Goats, Sheep, Pigs, Horses, Chicken
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What did the Romans do?
Made it easier to keep animals, stopepd them from all having to be slaughtered over winter, increased produce from livestock
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What did the Romans improve tools wise?
improved mining and munfacture methods that were already in place aswell as the design of ploughs = more produce per field
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What did the Romans do to the fields?
made them oblong = better space value
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Roman land-reclemation?
They drained the swamps and cleared forests
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Roman Trade :Birrus Britanicus
Made it a fashionable item and exported it accross the empire
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