236 ROMAN VILLAS DISCOVERED IN DORSET. 



the purpose of reconciling the Durotriges to the yoke they 

 had to bear. 



But we must curb our imagination. The Roman occupa- 

 tion drew to a close. The Teuton conquest of Gaul early in 

 the 5th century cut off Britain from the Empire. The 

 Central Government ceased to send Governors, and the 

 Roman Legionaries were gradually, and about the year 436 

 A.D. finally, withdrawn, having occupied our island for 

 nearly 400 years. 



But though the soldiers left, many a Roman civilian would 

 remain. Ties of friendship, and even of kinship, had been 

 formed which knit them in a bond of fellowship with the 

 Britons ; and even amongst the soldiers we can well believe 

 that Millais' picture is true to life, and that many a soldier, 

 while ordered home, left his heart behind. 



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