Under the republic, the Romans could appoint a dictator in times of emergencies.
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The temporary postition that the Roman senate would appoint in times of war was the dictator. When the crisis was over, or when the time of his appointed term was over, the dictator was expected to give up his power.
The Romans could not stop Attila from attacking the part of the empire in the Balkan peninsula by crossing the river Danube. Attila did this several times and extracted heavy ransoms. The Romans managed to stop Attila from invading Gaul by assembling an army made of Romans and their Visigoth and Frankish allies. Soon after this Attila died and the Hun empire collapsed.
The Romans officially invaded Britain three times. Twice by Julius Caesar and once by Claudius.Read more: How_many_times_did_the_Romans_invade_Britain
First the Romans came, then the Saxons, then later the middle ages began.
The Romans were tolerant of other religions and many times found foreign gods were actually the same gods that the Romans worshiped only they had different names and sometimes different rites. They only clamped down on cults that they considered treasonous or decadent.