The Invasion of Britain by Julius Caesar in 55 BC met with fierce opposition. He tried to land at Dover where massed forces of the Britons gathered on the overlooking hills and cliffs dissuaded him from landing there. He then sailed to possibly Walmer and/or Pegwell Bay on the Isle of Thanet, Kent. Tracked by British cavalry and chariots, the landing was opposed, but the British were eventually driven back and the Romans managed to land and drive them off.
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The Invasion of Britain by Julius Caesar in 55 BC met with fierce opposition. He initially tried to land at Dover, however, the massed forces of the Britons gathered on the overlooking hills and cliffs dissuaded him from landing there. He then sailed the fleet North East along the coast to an open beach. Probably Walmer and/or Pegwell Bay on the Isle of Thanet, Kent. Having been tracked all the way along the coast by British cavalry and chariots, the landing was opposed. The British were eventually driven back with catapultae and slings fired from the warships into the exposed flank of their formation and the Romans managed to land and drive them off. But the Britons could not be pursued and finished off.