Иностранный язык. Мартемьянова Н.В - 24 стр.

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crunched on to the shingle and sand of unprotected beaches up and down both
coastlines and the seaborne warriors thrust inwards. Too late the warning
beacons were lit and the alarm rose.
    The first word to reach Fullofaudes, commander-in-Chief of the Roman
army was of the disaster of the wall. Not realizing the tremendous weight and
speed of the Pictish advance, he rushed from his head quarters at York to restore
order almost the garrison. He was ambushed and captured before reaching his
destination. Nectaridus, Commander-in-Chief of the coastal region, was killed
in an early engagement
    With the loss of two generals the Roman army retreated in confusion before
the surging advance of the great alliance. In a campaign of startling speed the
tribal forces raced southwards. The whole country was ablaze and London lay
under siege. Victory was complete.
    Their Vengeance satisfied, the alliance turned to plunder, and picked the
province clean. By the time Roman reinforcements arrived under Theodosius
the campaign was over. The armies of the alliance had broken up with warrior
bands taking what booty they could seize as they returned northwards.
    In the northern alliance the Irish had found common cause with the Picts and
a link was forged with Pictland which would lead, one day, to the single most
important event in Scottish history.
    Perhaps for the part they played in that campaign the Irish were given land
on the West Coast of Pictland in the area of Kintyre and Knapdale. In any case
events were taking place in Ireland during the fifth century which caused
settlers from what is now Antrim but was then known by the name of its people,
the Dal Riata, to cross the North Channel and land on the Mull of Kintyre.
    Before the end of that century, Fergus Мог, King of the Dal Riata had
forsaken his royal capital in Ireland and made a new Kingdom in Kintyre. What
makes this so important is that these Celts from Ireland were known also by
another name, a nickname which meant 'raiders', they were called the 'Scots'.
    They settled quickly in the land that would one-day bear their name, and
they spread. Within half a century they occupied all of what is now Argyll and
were in conflict with the Picts and the British Kingdom of Strathclyde.