Editing Isle of Wight (section)

===Roman period===
[[Julius Caesar]] reported that the [[Belgae]] took the Isle of Wight in about 85&nbsp;BC<ref>{{cite book|last1=Adams|first1=William Henry Davenport|title=Nelson's Hand-book to the Isle of Wight|date=1877|publisher=Oxford |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hQoHAAAAQAAJ&q=Cotentin+Peninsula+trade+Isle+of+Wight}}</ref> and recognised the culture of this general region as "Belgic" but made no reference to Vectis.<ref name="Vectis Insvla">{{cite web|title=Roman Vectis|url=https://wiki.imperivm-romanvm.com/wiki/Vectis#Rome|website=Imperivm Romanvm Wiki - Vectis|access-date=5 May 2022}}</ref> The Roman historian [[Suetonius]] mentions that the island was captured by the commander [[Vespasian]]. The Romans built no towns on the island, but the remains of at least seven [[Roman villa]]s have been found, indicating the prosperity of local agriculture.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Journal of the British Archaeological Association|date=December 1866|url=http://www.bradingromanvilla.org.uk/friends/pdf/gurnard_1866.pdf|access-date=28 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129021608/http://www.bradingromanvilla.org.uk/friends/pdf/gurnard_1866.pdf|archive-date=29 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> First-century exports were principally hides, enslaved people, hunting dogs, grain, cattle, silver, gold, and iron.<ref name="Vectis Insvla"/>