Roman Britain

Classical antiquity is a broad term for a long period of cultural history centered on the Mediterranean Sea, which begins roughly with the earliest recorded Greek poetry of Homer (7th century BC), and continues through the rise of Christianity and the fall of the Western Roman Empire (5th century AD), to end in the dissolution of Classical culture with the close of Late Antiquity. Such a wide sampling of history and terri ...

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The Roman historian Tacitus described the Britons as being descended from people who had arrived from the continent (which at that time was dominated by the Celts), comparing the Caledonians in modern-day Scotland to their Germanic neighbours, the Silures of southern Wales to Iberian settlers and the inhabitants of south east Britannia to Gaulish tribes. This migrationist view long informed later views of the origins of the British iron age and indeed the making of the modern nations. Linguistic evidence inferred from the surviving Ce ...

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• British Iron Age - The people of Iron age Great Britain
• British Iron Age - Iron age settlements in Great Britain
• British Iron Age - Iron Age beliefs in Great Britain
• British Iron Age - The economy of Iron age Great Britain
• British Iron Age - The end of Iron age in Great Britain

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The History of Anglo-Saxon England covers the history of early medieval England from the end of Roman Britain and the establishment of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in the 5th century until the Conquest by the Normans in 1066. The 5th and 6th centuries are known archaeologically as Sub-Roman Britain, or in popular history as the "Dark Ages"; from the 6th century larger distinctive kingdoms are developing, still known to some as the Heptarchy; the arrival of the Vikings at the end of the 8th century brought many changes to Britain, and relation ...

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• History of Anglo-Saxon England - Sources
• History of Anglo-Saxon England - Migration: Fifth to Sixth Centuries
• History of Anglo-Saxon England - Seventh to Eighth Centuries
• History of Anglo-Saxon England - First Viking Age: Ninth Century
• History of Anglo-Saxon England - Formation of England: Tenth Century
• History of Anglo-Saxon England - The Second Viking Age and the Norman Conquest: Eleventh Century

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Anglo-Saxons is a term that refers to a collection of culturally related Germanic tribes from Angeln. This is a peninsula in the southern part of the province of Schleswig that protrudes into the Baltic Sea, and what is now Lower Saxony, in the north-west coast of Germany. This group of Germanic tribes achieved dominance in southern Britain beginning in the mid-5th century C.E.. From that time until the 9th century, those tribes coalesced into a single people, the Anglo-Saxons, which in turn formed the basis for the modern day English ...

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• Anglo-Saxons - Etymology
• Anglo-Saxons - Origins of the word
• Anglo-Saxons - Use of the term Anglo Saxon today
• Anglo-Saxons - The Anglo-Saxon Invasions
• Anglo-Saxons - The Anglo-Saxon conquest controversy
• Anglo-Saxons - Anglo-Saxon culture
• Anglo-Saxons - Anglo-Saxon architecture
• Anglo-Saxons - Anglo-Saxon art
• Anglo-Saxons - Anglo-Saxon language
• Anglo-Saxons - Anglo-Saxon literature
• Anglo-Saxons - Anglo-Saxon religion
• Anglo-Saxons - Timeline from 597 to 1066

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Andraste, according to Dio Cassius, was a Celtic goddess thanked by Boudica while fighting against the Roman occupation of Britain in AD 61. She is mentioned only once. She may be the same as Andante, mentioned later by the same source, and described as 'their name for Victory', i.e. the Goddess Victoria. [1]. Some Celtic coins are said to show images of Andraste. Andraste - Misapprehensions concerning Andraste. Many neopagan sources describe the hare as sacred to Andraste. This seems ...

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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 overview of the subject, see Ancient Rome. For other articles not listed below, see Category:Ancient Rome and its subcategories. An index of important figures in Ancient Rome can be found in List of ancient Romans. The topics in this list cover the culture, society and history of the ancient Roman Republic and the ...

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This is a list of topics related to the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom category contains a more comprehensive selection of UK articles. List of topics related to the United Kingdom - Geography and the environment. British Isles Great Britain Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland (not part of the United Kingdom) Isle of Man (Crown Dependency)

By chronology Prehistoric Britain Iron Age Britain Roman Britain Sub-Roman Britain Medieval Britain Early Modern Britain Modern Britain By nation History of England History of Ireland History of Scotland History of Wales By topic Constitutional history Economic histor ...

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• Prehistoric Britain - Preface
• Prehistoric Britain - The Palaeolithic
• Prehistoric Britain - Lower Palaeolithic
• Prehistoric Britain - Middle Palaeolithic
• Prehistoric Britain - Upper Palaeolithic
• Prehistoric Britain - Mesolithic
• Prehistoric Britain - The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition
• Prehistoric Britain - The Neolithic
• Prehistoric Britain - The Bronze Age
• Prehistoric Britain - The Iron Age
• Prehistoric Britain - Late pre-Roman Iron Age LPRIA
• Prehistoric Britain - Bibliography

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The name Attacotti (also Atecotti, A(t)ticotti, Ategutti) appears in several late Roman texts. The historian Ammianus Marcellinus includes this ‘warlike race of men’ (bellicosa hominum natio) in a list of peoples disturbing Roman Britain c.364-7, including the Scots, Picts and Saxons. Ammianus' contemporary St. Jerome (writing c.393-7) claims that in his youth he personally saw some Attacotti in Gaul. Jerome highlights the promiscuous marriage customs and savage cannibalism of this ‘British people’ (gens BritannicaIncluding:

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• Attacotti - Pre-Celtic Origin Theory
• Attacotti - Bibliography

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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 to 1, the Romans held their ground against the Briton hordes and gained victory. The revolt had shaken Rome's hold on its new province, but victory secured Roman rule in Britain. Battle of Watling Street - Background. In AD 43, Rome invaded south-eastern Britain. The conquest was gradual. While some kingdoms were defeated militarily and occupied, others were for the ...

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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 law, Maximinus was close to the emperor Valentinian and was able to have Valentinus' sentence commuted from execution to exile and he was sent to Roman Britain. On arrival, he soon made contact with other exiles in the province and they began planning a revolt that involved bribing the local troops to ...

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By chronology Prehistoric Britain Iron Age Britain Roman Britain Sub-Roman Britain Medieval Britain Early Modern Britain Modern Britain By nation History of England History of Ireland History of Scotland History of Wales By topic Constitutional history Economic history < ...

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• British military history - List of British military encounters
• British military history - Prehistoric and ancient period
• British military history - Mediæval period
• British military history - Early Colonial period
• British military history - Colonial Period
• British military history - Modern Period
• British military history - 21st century
• British military history - List of fortifications in Britain
• British military history - Roman & ancient
• British military history - Mediæval
• British military history - 1600s
• British military history - Georgian & Victorian
• British military history - World War II Stop Lines
• British military history - List of British military institutions
• British military history - List of British military alliances
• British military history - Scottish military alliances
• British military history - English military alliances
• British military history - British military alliances

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Blackadder is the generic name which embraces an acclaimed series of British sitcoms, made by the BBC, and several one-off episodes, many for charity Comic Relief. The first series was written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson; subsequent series were written by Curtis and Ben Elton. The shows were produced by John Lloyd, and starred Rowan Atkinson as the eponymous anti-hero, Edmund Blackad ...

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• Blackadder - Popularity and effects on popular culture
• Blackadder - The series and specials
• Blackadder - Chronological order
• Blackadder - Series 1: The Black Adder
• Blackadder - Series 2: Blackadder II
• Blackadder - Series 3: Blackadder the Third
• Blackadder - Series 4: Blackadder Goes Forth
• Blackadder - Specials
• Blackadder - Historical anomalies
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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 1st century BC, and later also attested in Britain. Their name survives in modern Belgium. Julius Caesar in his De Bello Gallico divided the people of Gaul at the time of his conquests (58 - 51 BC) into three broad groups: the Aquitani, Galli (who in their own language were called Celtae) and Belgae, all of whom had their own customs and language. He n ...

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• Belgae - Conquest of the Belgae
• Belgae - The Belgae outside Gaul

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In Celtic mythology, Belenus (also Belinus, Belenos, Belinos, Belinu, Bellinus, Belus, Bel) was a deity worshipped in Gaul, Britain and Celtic areas of Italy and Austria. He had shrines from Aquileia on the Adriatic to Inveresk in Scotland. His name means "shining one" and he is associated with fire and healing. He may be the same deity as Belatu-Cadros. In the Roman period he was ...

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• Belenus - Continuity in Welsh Mythology

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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 some areas, particularly those relating to the Irish people and the Scottish people, and can vary in exact meaning depen ...

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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 national personification of the United Kingdom. Britannia - Roman period. At the height of Roman Britain, the Empire included all of Britannia (first invaded by Julius Caesar in 55 BC), which was bordered by Hadrian's Wall, close to today's border between England and Scotland. To the Romans northern Britain was known as Caledonia. A southern part of what is now known as Sc ...

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• Britannia - British revival
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Many aspects of the Roman culture were appropriated from the Ancient Greeks. In architecture and sculpture, the continuity between Greek models and Roman imitations are apparent. The chief Roman contributions to architecture were the arch, and the dome it made possible. While much Roman sculpture was derivative of Greek models, and all deeply indebted to Greek techniques, the Roman character made portraiture the strongest and most original aspect of Roman sculpture. Strongly characterized portrait busts like the surviving portrait bust of Ca ...

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Culture of ancient Rome - Literature. Main article: Latin literature Roman literature was from its very inception influenced heavily by Greek authors. Some of the earliest works we possess are of historical epics telling the early military history of Rome. As the republic expanded, authors began to produce poetry, comedy, history, and tragedy. During the reign of the early emperors of Rome there was a golden age of historical literature. Works such as the 'Histories' of Tacitus, ...

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The center of the early social structure, dating from the time of the agricultural tribal city state, was the family, which was not only marked by blood relations but also by the legally constructed relation of patria potestas. The Pater familias was the absolute head of the family; he was the master over his wife, his children, the wives of his sons, the nephews, the slaves and the freedmen (liberated slaves, the first generation still legally inferior to the freeborn), disposi ...

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100 - Events. Pliny the Younger advances to consulship. The Temple of the God of Medicine is built in Anguo, China. Lions have become extinct in Europe by this date. Tiberius Avidius Quietus rule as governor of Roman Britain ends Hopewell culture begins in what is now Ohio circa this date Fourth Buddhist Council is convened circa this year Pakores last king of the Indo-Parthian Kingdom takes the throne Kingdom of Himyarite is conquered by the Ha ...

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