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Romans in Britain timeline
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1. Glue the first page of your blank timeline onto the overlap area marked on the second page.
2. Cut out the events and arrange them (without sticking) where you think they go on the timeline.
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3. When you are sure your events are in the right place, glue them down.
55 BC
410 AD
54 AD
117 AD
Julius Caesar
attempts to
invade Britain,
but is
unsuccessful.
Emperor Honorius
refuses to help
Britain defend
itself against other
invasions. This
marks the end of
Roman Britain.
Emperor Claudius
dies, possibly
after being
poisoned by his
wife. Her son
Nero becomes
Emperor.
Hadrian
becomes
Emperor of
Rome.
401 AD
209 AD
54 BC
43 AD
Roman soldiers
leave Britain to
help defend Italy
from the invasion
of Alaric the
Goth.
The Romans sign
peace treaties
with the
Caledonian tribes
in the north of
Britain.
Julius Caesar
makes a second
unsuccessful
attempt to
invade Britain.
The Roman
Emperor Claudius
orders his army
to invade Britain.
They are
successful!
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367 AD
47 AD
255 AD
369 AD
Barbarians from
Germany,
Scotland and
Ireland invade
Roman Britain.
The Romans fight
back.
The first
British Roman
fortress is
built, at
Colchester.
The city wall
surrounding
Londinium
(London) is
completed.
The Roman
army drives
the Barbarians
out of Britain.
44 BC
61 AD
155 AD
122 AD
Julius Caesar
is assassinated.
Boudicca, queen of
the Iceni tribe,
leads an uprising
against the
Romans in Britain.
She is defeated at
the Battle of
Watling Street.
Verulamium
(St Albans) is
destroyed by a
great fire.
Emperor Hadrian
orders a wall to be
built across the
Scottish border.
The remains of the
wall can still be
seen today.
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43 AD
55 BC
Julius Caesar
attempts to invade
Britain, but is
unsuccessful.
155 AD
The Roman Emperor
Claudius orders his
army to invade Britain.
They are successful!
Verulamium
(St Albans) is destroyed
by a great fire.
54 AD
117 AD
Emperor Claudius dies,
possibly after being
poisoned by his wife.
Her son Nero becomes
Emperor.
Hadrian becomes
Emperor of Rome.
44 BC
Julius Caesar
is assassinated
54 BC
Julius Caesar makes a
second unsuccessful
attempt to invade
Britain.
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47 AD
122 AD
The first British
Roman fortress is
built, at Colchester.
Emperor Hadrian orders a
wall to be built across the
Scottish border. The
remains of the wall can
still be seen today
61 AD
Boudicca, queen of the
Iceni tribe, leads an
uprising against the
Romans in Britain. She is
defeated at the Battle of
Watling Street..
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255 AD
369 AD
The city wall
surrounding
Londinium (London)
is completed.
The Roman army
drives the
Barbarians out of
Britain.
401 AD
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Roman soldiers leave
Britain to help defend
Italy from the invasion
of Alaric the Goth.
367 AD
209 AD
Barbarians from
Germany, Scotland and
Ireland invade Roman
Britain. The Romans
fight back.
The Romans sign peace
treaties with the
Caledonian tribes in the
north of Britain.
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410 AD
Emperor Honorius
refuses to help Britain
defend itself against
other invasions. This
marks the end of
Roman Britain
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