Peacocks were introduced to Britain by the Romans. They were mainly kept by royalty and wealthy people. They originate from India.

Roman writing shows that there used to be many wolves in the Britain. They became extinct here due to deforestation and being hunted for their skins. The bravery and fierceness of wolves were also important to the Romans and they appeared in myths and stories.

The Romans introduced many vegetables to Wales and the rest of the UK, including leeks, cabbage, onions, carrots, cucumber, marrow, parsnips and radish. Emperor Nero loved leeks so much that he had a quart a day. He believed they had the power to help him sing well. History claims that Nero was the emperor. who fiddled as Rome burned, but it is probably more likely that he was singing.

Wales was a rich source of mineral wealth, and the Romans used their engineering technology to extract large amounts of gold, copper, and lead, as well as modest amounts of some other metals such as zinc and silver.

We know that the Romans quarried slate. They invaded Britain for the first time in 43 AD, and five years later they reached Wales for the first time. The Roman fort of Segontium, the biggest and most important in the region, had a slate roof.