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In 383, the Roman general then assigned to Britain, Magnus Maximus, launched his successful bid for imperial power, [1] crossing to Gaul with his troops. He killed the Western Roman Emperor Gratian and ruled Gaul and Britain as Caesar (i.e., as a "sub-emperor" under Theodosius I). 383 is the last date for any evidence of a Roman presence in the north and west of Britain, [2] perhaps excepting ...
Roman Britain was the territory that became the Roman province of Britannia after the Roman conquest of Britain, consisting of a large part of the island of Great Britain. The occupation lasted from AD 43 to AD 410. [1] [2] Julius Caesar invaded Britain in 55 and 54 BC as part of his Gallic Wars. [3]
Great Britain: Jacobites: Civil war, Hanoverian victory Jacobite restoration attempt defeated The War of the Quadruple Alliance. including. The Nineteen Uprising in Great Britain (1717–1720) Holy Roman Empire Great Britain France Dutch Republic Savoy. Spain. Jacobites. British Allied victory:
Caesar's invasions of Britain: England Roman tributaries set up in a limited area. [1] 49–96 [A.D.] Roman conquest of Britain: Great Britain Roman Empire conquers Britain from the native Celts [2] 208–10 Severan invasion of Caledonia: Scotland Part of the Roman occupation of Britain: Roman failure- withdrawal to Hadrian's Wall [3] 286–96 ...
Irish War of Independence Ireland Britain: Anglo-Irish Treaty; Partition of Ireland; secession of 26 of Ireland's 32 counties (the Irish Free State) from Britain: 1919–1923 Turkish War of Independence Republic of Turkey Ottoman Empire Greece France Britain Armenia: Creation of the Republic of Turkey; end of the Ottoman Empire: 1920 Iraqi Revolt
In the late 4th century, barbarian invasions, economic decline and military coups loosened the empire's hold on Britain. By 410, the estimated end of Roman rule in Britain, the Roman administration and its legions were gone, and Britain was left to look to its own defences and government. Archaeologists have revealed that some parts of the wall ...
End of Roman rule in Britain: The last Roman forces left Britain. 421: 8 February: Honorius appointed his brother-in-law and Magister militum Constantius III co-ruler of the Western Roman Empire with himself. 2 September: Constantius III died. 423: 15 August: Honorius died. The Western Roman patrician Castinus declared the primicerius Joannes ...
The Romans under Publius Ostorius Scapula defeated the Britons and in the aftermath captured Caratacus himself, since 43 the leader of armed opposition to the Roman conquest of Britain. He was paraded through Rome and given the opportunity to make a speech before the emperor Claudius , who spared his life and those of his family and retainers.