Limmie , thanks for the rabbits!

[Vincent]

 Here are a few other things to bear in mind, including some idea of what the Romans did for the people of Britain, once they’d taken over, subjugated the natives and and commenced building cities, that is:

1. The Roman Invasion was largely for show
Having lost three legions in the battle of Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD, the Roman need to conquer the world had died down somewhat by 43 AD. And as their empire spread from the Channel coast to the Caucasus, and from the northern Rhineland to the Sahara, few would have argued that the Britons were much of a threat in any case. But Emperor Claudius needed a show of strength to consolidate his power, having taken over the throne from the assassinated Caligula. He had to show his authority to the Senate, and in order to do that, the Romans had to invade somewhere.
They brought stinging nettles with them
Of all the Roman imports to the British Isles, the humble stinging nettle — scourge of schoolchildren’s shins ever since — is surely the least welcome. That said, they also introduced rabbits, thereby ensuring a growing population of low status farm workers a ready supply of cheap protein for the next two thousand years
In the 350 years of Roman occupation of Britain, some 10,000 miles of road were constructed, using clay, chalk and gravel.The
They invented Cockney rhyming slang
OK, that’s not strictly true, but the Romans did introduce both apples and pears to British horticulture, and as any student of Cockney rhyming slang knows, apples & pears means stairs. They also introduced carrots, celery, asparagus and turnips, but they have, as yet, not been given a Cockney synonym.

And pound coins
Actually, all British coins are based on Roman design, as it was the Romans who introduced coins in the first place. There’s a cameo portrait of the monarch of the moment, just like the Romans had, and a Latin inscription. Some modern pound coins currently have the inscription ‘decus et tutamen’ around the edge, which means ‘glory and protection


Here is a link to the whole article

http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2018/01/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-roman-invasion-of-britain

[Robert_Brenchley]

They're also said to have introduced ground elder as an edible plant. Any gardener who has it will know what a scourge it is!

[SC]

The Romans did not introduce coins to Britain.  Even a cursory study of early British coinage will show that the Celtic peoples of southern Britain were using, and even making, coins similar to those used by the Celts of Gaul well before 100 BC, so long before even Caesar's "invasion" of Britain.  And of course the Celtic coinage of Gaul was based on Greek types.

It is likely true that Caesar's invasion helped spread the use of coinage in Britain as the Celtic kingdoms, especially those that resisted him, increased their use of coinage - likely to pay for the fight against him.  However, by the time of Claudius' invasion coin use of native coin types was widespread in Britain.

What the Romans can take credit for was a significant monetization of the British economy.  Pre-Roman invasion coin use was likely limited to military, leadership and large trading.  Once Roman rule and culture settled in coin use spread to be a daily thing for at least the entire urbanized population of Britain.

Modern British (and in fact almost all modern coins everywhere) do follow Roman models of design more than they follow Greek or Celtic. 

SC

[Vincent]

THANKS for the clarification... interesting regarding introduction of coins to British.
Believe the article comment referred to current British coin designs are based on Roman models.