Roman Britain - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Roman Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Britain - Occupation And Retreat From Southern Scotland
There is no historical source describing the decades that followed Agricola's recall. Even the name of his replacement is unknown. Archae...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brython: Encyclopedia - Brython
Brython and Brythonic are terms which refer to indigenous, pre-Roman, Celtic inhabitants of the most of the island of Great Britain, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antonine Wall: Encyclopedia - Antonine Wall
The Antonine Wall is a stone and turf fortification, built by the Romans across what is now the central belt of Scotland. Construction of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome
Ancient Roman culture evolved throughout the almost 1300-year history of that civilization. The term refers to the culture of the Roman R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antonine Itinerary: Encyclopedia Ii - Antonine Itinerary - Itinerary 14
An example can be given of Itinerary 14, which reads as follows (and is also translated): Antonine Itinerary - Original Latin. ITER XIV...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Customs And Daily Life
Life in the ancient Roman cities revolved round the Forum, the central business district, where most of the Romans would go for marketing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hadrian's Wall: Encyclopedia Ii - Hadrian's Wall - Construction
Construction started in 122 and was largely completed within ten years, with soldiers from all three of the occupying Roman legions parti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fosse Way: Encyclopedia Ii - Fosse Way - The Route Today
Many parts of the Fosse Way still exist and form parts of modern roads, although there are many gaps. Between Leicester and Lincoln the A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ermine Street: Encyclopedia Ii - Ermine Street - The Course Of Ermine Street
The section of Ermine Street from London to Royston, Hertfordshire is now largely part of the A10. At this point it crosses the Icknield ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 78: Encyclopedia - 78
Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century Decades: 0s BC - 0s - 10s - 20s - 30s - 40s - 50s - 60s - 70s - 80s - 90s - 100s Ye...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brython: Encyclopedia Ii - Brython - Extent Of Brythonic Territory
The extent of territory of the Brythons or Britons in pre-Roman times is unclear. The Pictish language is unknown and its study is based ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catuvellauni: Encyclopedia - Catuvellauni
The Catuvellauni (meaning probably "good in battle" or "battle commanders") were a Celtic/Belgic tribe or state of south-eastern Britain ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Viridios: Encyclopedia - Viridios
Viridios, or Viridius is the supposed deified masculine spirit of verdure, in ancient Celtic polytheism. Viridios - Centres of worship. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Days Of The Week: Encyclopedia - Days Of The Week
In English the days of the week are: Sunday; Monday; Tuesday; Wednesday; Thursday; Friday; Saturday. Saturday and Sunday are commonly c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Verbeia: Encyclopedia - Verbeia
In ancient Celtic polytheism, the deification of the River Wharfe conceived as a weaning Mother goddess. Verbeia - Centres of worship. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantine I Emperor: Encyclopedia - Constantine I Emperor
Gaius Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus (Latin: IMP CAESAR FLAVIVS CONSTANTINVS PIVS FELIX INVICTVS AVGVSTVS ¹) (February 27, 272�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cormac Mac Airt: Encyclopedia - Cormac Mac Airt
Cormac Mac Airt ("son of Art"), aka Cormac Ua Cuinn (grandson of Conn) or Cormac Ulfada ("long beard"), is probably the most famous of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vernostonos: Encyclopedia - Vernostonos
Also Vernostonus. In ancient Celtic polytheism, the supposed deified male groaning spirit of alder-trees. Vernostonos - Centres of worsh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Veteros: Encyclopedia - Veteros
Also Veterus Vitiris Vheterus Huetiris Hueterus. In ancient Celtic polytheism, the supposed deified masculine spirit of air-flow, the Rom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Camden: Encyclopedia - William Camden
William Camden (May 2, 1551 – November 9, 1623) was an English antiquarian and historian. He wrote the first topographical survey of Br...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Classical Antiquity: Encyclopedia - Classical Antiquity
Classical antiquity is a broad term for a long period of cultural history centered on the Mediterranean Sea, which begins roughly with th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Iron Age: Encyclopedia - British Iron Age
The Roman historian Tacitus described the Britons as being descended from people who had arrived from the continent (which at that time w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Anglo-saxon England: Encyclopedia - History Of Anglo-saxon England
The History of Anglo-Saxon England covers the history of early medieval England from the end of Roman Britain and the establishment of An...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anglo-saxons: Encyclopedia - Anglo-saxons
Anglo-Saxons is a term that refers to a collection of culturally related Germanic tribes from Angeln. This is a peninsula in the southern...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andraste: Encyclopedia - Andraste
Andraste, according to Dio Cassius, was a Celtic goddess thanked by Boudica while fighting against the Roman occupation of Britain in AD ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Ancient Rome-related Topics: Encyclopedia - List Of Ancient Rome-related Topics
This is a List of Ancient Rome-related topics, that aims to include aspects of both the Ancient Roman Republic and Roman Empire. For an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Topics Related To The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia - List Of Topics Related To The United Kingdom
This is a list of topics related to the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom category contains a more comprehensive selection of UK article...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prehistoric Britain: Encyclopedia - Prehistoric Britain
By chronology Prehistoric Britain Iron Age Britain Roman Britain Sub-Roman Britain Medieval Britain Early Modern Britain Modern Britain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attacotti: Encyclopedia - Attacotti
The name Attacotti (also Atecotti, A(t)ticotti, Ategutti) appears in several late Roman texts. The historian Ammianus Marcellinus include...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Watling Street: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Watling Street
The Battle of Watling Street took place in AD 61 between an alliance of Briton tribes and the Romans. Though outnumbered by more than 5 t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valentinus Rebel: Encyclopedia - Valentinus Rebel
Valentinus was a Roman figure of the later fourth century AD. In 369 AD he committed an unrecorded but very serious crime. His brother in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Military History: Encyclopedia - British Military History
By chronology Prehistoric Britain Iron Age Britain Roman Britain Sub-Roman Britain Medieval Britain Early Modern Britain Modern Britain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blackadder: Encyclopedia - Blackadder
Blackadder is the generic name which embraces an acclaimed series of British sitcoms, made by the BBC, and several one-off episodes, many...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belgae: Encyclopedia - Belgae
Image:Belgicaromana.gif The Belgae were a group of nations or tribes living in north-eastern Gaul, on the west bank of the Rhine, in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belenus: Encyclopedia - Belenus
In Celtic mythology, Belenus (also Belinus, Belenos, Belinos, Belinu, Bellinus, Belus, Bel) was a deity worshipped in Gaul, Britain and C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Briton: Encyclopedia - Briton
A Briton, in broad terms, is an inhabitant of the geographical region of Great Britain[1][2][3]. The usage of the term is sensitive in so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Britannia: Encyclopedia - Britannia
Britannia was originally the Latin name that the Roman Empire gave to the southern part of the island of Great Britain, and has become a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Historical And Cultural Context
Many aspects of the Roman culture were appropriated from the Ancient Greeks. In architecture and sculpture, the continuity between Greek ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - The Arts
Culture of ancient Rome - Literature. Main article: Latin literature Roman literature was from its very inception influenced heavily ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Social Structure
The center of the early social structure, dating from the time of the agricultural tribal city state, was the family, which was not only ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 100: Encyclopedia - 100
100 - Events. Pliny the Younger advances to consulship. The Temple of the God of Medicine is built in Anguo, China. Lions have become ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 121: Encyclopedia - 121
121 - Events. Era name changes from Yongning (2nd year) to Jianguang in the Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty. Roman settlement in present-d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 60s: Encyclopedia - 60s
Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century Decades: 10s - 20s - 30s - 40s - 50s - 60s - 70s - 80s - 90s - 100s - 110s 60 61 62...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 367: Encyclopedia - 367
This article is about the year. For other uses, see 367 (number). 367 - Events. First Listing of the New Testament by St Athanasius...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hadrian's Wall: Encyclopedia Ii - Hadrian's Wall - In Fiction
Hadrian's Wall featured extensively in the movie King Arthur (2004) to offer a newer, freshened version of the Arthur mythos. They were g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hadrian's Wall: Encyclopedia Ii - Hadrian's Wall - After Hadrian
In the months after Hadrian's death in 138, the new emperor, Antoninus Pius essentially abandoned the wall, though leaving it occupied in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - The Arts
Culture of ancient Rome - Literature. Roman literature was from its very inception influenced heavily by Greek authors. Some of the ear...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Social Structure
The center of the early social structure, dating from the time of the agricultural tribal city state, was the family, which was not only ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Language
The native language of the Romans was Latin, an Italic language. An inflectional and synthetic language, Latin relies little on word orde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Sports And Entertainment
The ancient city of Rome had a place called Campus, a sort of drill ground for Roman soliders, which was located near the Tiber river. La...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Religion
Roman religious beliefs date back to the founding of Rome, around 800 BC, but the Roman religion commonly associated with the Roman Repub...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hadrian's Wall: Encyclopedia Ii - Hadrian's Wall - Garrison
The wall was garrisoned by auxiliary (i.e., non-legionary) units of the army (non-citizens). Their numbers fluctuated throughout the occu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hadrian's Wall: Encyclopedia Ii - Hadrian's Wall - Hadrian
Hadrian's Wall was built following a visit by Roman emperor Hadrian. Hadrian was experiencing military difficulties not just in Britain, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arius: Encyclopedia - Arius
Arius (AD 256 - 336, poss. in North Africa) was an early Christian theologian, who taught that the Son of God was not eternal, and was su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Religion
Roman religious beliefs date back to the founding of Rome, around 800 BC, but the Roman religion commonly associated with the Roman Repub...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marcus: Encyclopedia - Marcus
Marcus is a common name for males. It is derived from Latin Mars, the Roman God of war, and means "hammer", or "dedicated to war". Famous...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valentinus: Encyclopedia - Valentinus
Valentinus can refer to: Pope Valentinus Saint Valentine Basilius Valentinus, a 15th century monk from Erfurt who may have described Bis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cunedda: Encyclopedia - Cunedda
Cunedda ap Edern (c.AD 386-c.460; reigned from the 440s or 450s) (Latin: Cunetacius; English: Kenneth), also known as as Cunedda Wledig (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crispus: Encyclopedia - Crispus
Flavius Julius Crispus, also known as Flavius Claudius Crispus and Flavius Valerius Crispus was a Caesar of the Roman Empire. He was the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flavius: Encyclopedia - Flavius
Flavius was the name of a gens in ancient Rome, meaning "blonde". The feminine form was Flavia. After the end of the popular Flavian dyna...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Toutatis: Encyclopedia - Toutatis
Toutatis can also refer to the asteroid, 4179 Toutatis. In ancient Celtic polytheism, the supposed deified spirit of male tribal unity. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Military History: Encyclopedia Ii - British Military History - List Of British Military Encounters
British military history - Prehistoric and ancient period. Roman conquest of Britain (43) British military history - Mediæval perio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cantiaci: Encyclopedia Ii - Cantiaci - Rulers
Cantiaci - Pre-Roman Iron Age. Caesar mentions four kings, Segovax, Carvilius, Cingetorix and Taximagulus, who held power in Cantium at...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gloucester: Encyclopedia Ii - Gloucester - Places Of Interest
Gloucester Cathedral, in the north of the city near the river, originates in the foundation of an abbey dedicated to Saint Peter in 681. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Great Britain - Usage And Nomenclature
Great Britain - Usage of the term Great Britain. Great Britain is also widely, but incorrectly, used as a synonym for the political sta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The United Kingdom - Recent History
History of the United Kingdom - Clement Attlee. The landslide 1945 Election returned Labour to power and Clement Attlee became prime mi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fictional Crossover: Encyclopedia Ii - Fictional Crossover - Introduction
Crossovers of multiple characters owned by one company or published by one publisher, have been used to set an established continuity, wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Early Modern Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Early Modern Britain - English Renaissance
The term "English Renaissance" is used by many historians to refer to a cultural movement in England in the 1500s and 1600s that was heav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Old King Cole: Encyclopedia Ii - Old King Cole - Colchester
One may have lived in the third century, and was the eponymous founder of the city of Colchester in Essex, England. "Colchester" means "C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gloucester: Encyclopedia Ii - Gloucester - Places Of Interest
Gloucester Cathedral, in the north of the city near the river, originates in the foundation of an abbey dedicated to Saint Peter in 681. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantine I Emperor: Encyclopedia Ii - Constantine I Emperor - Early Life
Constantine was born at Naissus, (today's Niš, Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro) in Upper Moesia to Greek general,Constantius I Chlorus, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maponos: Encyclopedia Ii - Maponos - Evidence For Maponos
The evidence is mainly epigraphic. Maponos (“Divine Son”) is mentioned in Gaul at Bourbonne-les-Bains (CIL 13, 05924) and at Chamali�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thursday: Encyclopedia Ii - Thursday - Thursday In The United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, all general elections since 1935 have been held on a Thursday, and this has become a tradition, although not a req...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hill Fort: Encyclopedia Ii - Hill Fort - Scandinavia
In Scandinavia, hill forts are fortifications from the Iron Age which may have had several functions. They are usually located on the cre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Britain - Geographic
History of Britain - States. States in Medieval Britain Kingdom of Ireland (1541 - 1801) Kingdom of Scotland (to 1707) Kingdom of Engl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of London: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of London - Tudor London 1485-1603
Henry Tudor, who seized the English throne as Henry VII in 1485, and married Elizabeth of York, thus putting an end to the War of the Ros...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Great Britain - Usage And Nomenclature
Great Britain - Usage of the term Great Britain. Great Britain is also widely, but incorrectly, used as a synonym for the political sta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Topics Related To The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Topics Related To The United Kingdom - Geography And The Environment
List of topics related to the United Kingdom - Geography of the United Kingdom. Main article: Geography of the United Kingdom (see also...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economic History Of Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Economic History Of Britain - Breakdown Of Pax Britannica And New Imperialism
In a scramble for overseas markets between the Franco-Prussian War and World War, Europe added almost 9 million square miles (23,000,000&...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fictional Crossover: Encyclopedia Ii - Fictional Crossover - Gag Cameo
A character appears only briefly in another setting, mainly for joke purposes. Belle from Beauty and the Beast crosses the street in The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Blackadder - The Series And Specials
Blackadder - Chronological order. The Black Adder Blackadder II Blackadder: The Cavalier Years Blackadder and the King's Birthday Blac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jack Whyte: Encyclopedia Ii - Jack Whyte - Camulod Chronicles
The A Dream of Eagles (Camulod Chronicles) series consists of the novels: The Skystone The Singing Sword The Eagles' Brood The Saxon Sho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of England - England Before The English
Archaeological evidence indicates that what is now southern England was colonised by humans long before the rest of the British Isles due...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leicester: Encyclopedia Ii - Leicester - General Information
The city is next to the M1 motorway, and is on the Midland Main Line between London and Sheffield. High-speed trains operated by Midland ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baldrick: Encyclopedia Ii - Baldrick - S. Baldrick - Series 3
The Baldrick of Regency Britain works as a dogsbody to Mr. E. Blackadder esq., butler to Prince George. He lives in a pipe in the upstair...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - River Thames: Encyclopedia Ii - River Thames - History
From over 600,000 years ago, during the Pleistocene ice age, until the Anglian glaciation around 475,000 years ago, the early River Thame...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Anglo-saxon England: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Anglo-saxon England - Migration And Formation Of Kingdoms 400-600
Main articles: Sub-Roman Britain, Roman departure from Britain, Aelle of Sussex It is very difficult to establish a coherent chronology o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Empire - From Roman To Byzantine In The East
Roman Empire - Under Constantine 330–337 and his sons 337–361. Constantinople would serve as the capital of Constantine the Great f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The British Canal System: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The British Canal System - Industrial Revolution
However, the modern canal system was largely a product of the 18th century and early 19th century. The modern British canal network came ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Conquest Of Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Conquest Of Britain - The Conquest Continued
Vespasian took a force westwards subduing tribes and capturing oppida as he went, going as least as far as Exeter and probably reaching B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belgae: Encyclopedia Ii - Belgae - Conquest Of The Belgae
Caesar conquered the Belgae, beginning in 57 BC. He writes that the Belgae were conspiring and arming themselves in response to his earli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Watling Street: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Watling Street - Battle
Paulinus chose his battleground carefully. Traveling north along Watling Street with Boudica and her army close behind, Paulinus chose an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Blackadder - The Series And Specials
Blackadder - Chronological order. The Black Adder Blackadder II Blackadder: The Cavalier Years Blackadder and the King's Birthday Blac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Britannia: Encyclopedia Ii - Britannia - British Revival
Britannia remained the Latin name for Great Britain, but after the fall of the Roman Empire it had lost most symbolic meaning until the r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Iron Age: Encyclopedia Ii - British Iron Age - The People Of Iron Age Great Britain
The Roman historian Tacitus described the Britons as being descended from people who had arrived from the continent (which at that time w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of British Society: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of British Society - Victorian Era
The social changes during the Victorian era were wide-ranging and fundamental, leaving their mark not only upon Britain but upon much of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tethyr: Encyclopedia Ii - Tethyr - Related Places
Tethyr - Erlkazar. Erlkazar is a country that has a system of clans, modelled after pre-historic Scotland[1]. Tethyr - Snowflake Mount...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attacotti: Encyclopedia Ii - Attacotti - Pre-celtic Origin Theory
Some older scholarship has speculated that Attacotti were an aboriginal, pre-Indo-European substratum of the population of northern Brita...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Anglo-saxon England: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Anglo-saxon England - Migration: Fifth To Sixth Centuries
and Anglo-Saxons It is very difficult to establish a coherent chronology of events from Rome's departure from Britain, to the establishme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andraste: Encyclopedia Ii - Andraste - Misapprehensions Concerning Andraste
Many neopagan sources describe the hare as sacred to Andraste. This seems to derive from a misreading of the passage in Dio Cassius in wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Ancient Rome-related Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Ancient Rome-related Topics - History
List of Ancient Rome-related topics - Regional History. Roman Britain Roman invasion of Britain History of Greek and Roman Egypt Ro...   » Read the article