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Roman Army During Roman Britain
Due to being the frontier of the Roman Empire, a significant amount of military attention was paid to Britain. Soldier culture had a heavy impact, especially at the start. The army provided a large force of manpower for public infrastructure in Britain. The Roman army was not made entirely of Romans themselves. The makeup of the army featured men from Roman provinces like Gaul or Iberia and contained a variety of cultures and customs.

Military culture at the time provided a large focus on the Romanization and assimilation of Britain into the Empire. Rome put a great deal of focus into assimilating existing cultures into Roman culture. A common approach was to incorporate existing cultures with aspects of Roman culture, such as gods and customs.

Not only did the Roman military provide architecture, like roads and aqueducts, for the British, it also provided a way for Roman culture to disperse into the population. The roads were initially built as a means to transport the army and its supplies to the edge of the frontier. However, as time went on, they gradually became a system that made commerce and travel easier for the common person.