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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 ...
The settlement is generally identified as the Cair Lerion [7] mentioned among the 28 cities of Britain by the later History of the Britons traditionally attributed to Nennius. [8] [9] Not much is known about it after the Roman withdrawal from Britain, but there was still a much reduced occupation of the town in the 5th and 6th centuries ...
After the Roman conquest of Britain in 43 AD the settlement developed into the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum. Mosaic from Calleva Atrebatum. It was slightly larger, covering about 40 hectares (99 acres), and was laid out to a clear, new street grid. The town had several public buildings and flourished until the early Anglo-Saxon period.
Isca was also known to the British as Caer Uisc [citation needed] but, after the Roman withdrawal from Britain around 410, there is very little evidence of habitation in Exeter for almost 300 years except for the remains of a building (possibly a church) in the area of the demolished forum and a few nearby graves dated to the 5th, 6th, and 7th ...
It is assumed that the remaining Roman magistrates usurped power in the essentially lawless province as de facto warlords, but little evidence supports that the magistrates attacked one another who had differing native ideologies. The result was the foundation of Sub-Roman kingdoms which were slowly established in the ashes of Roman Britain ...
He is best known for his book The Age of Arthur (1973), which attempted to reconstruct the history of Britain and Ireland during the so-called "Dark Ages" (350–650 AD) following the Roman withdrawal, based on scattered archaeological and historical records. Much of his other work focused on Britain during this time.
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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]