The Roman Empire and Britain

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  • Founding of Rome
    753 BCE

    Founding of Rome

  • Period: 750 BCE to 43 BCE

    The Iron Age in Britain

  • Period: 509 BCE to 27 BCE

    The Roman Republic

  • Period: 59 BCE to 53 BCE

    1st Triumvirate

  • Julius Caesar's first expedition in Britain
    55 BCE

    Julius Caesar's first expedition in Britain

  • Julius Caesar's second expedition in Britain
    54 BCE

    Julius Caesar's second expedition in Britain

  • Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon
    49 BCE

    Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon

  • The Julian Reforms
    46 BCE

    The Julian Reforms

  • Julius Caesar's death
    44 BCE

    Julius Caesar's death

  • Period: 37 BCE to 4

    Reign of Herod the Great

  • Founding of the Roman Empire
    27 BCE

    Founding of the Roman Empire

  • Octavian became the first Roman emperor
    27 BCE

    Octavian became the first Roman emperor

  • Period: 27 BCE to 68

    Julio-Claudian dynasty

  • Period: 27 BCE to 180

    The Golden Age

  • Conversion of Paul the Apostle
    33

    Conversion of Paul the Apostle

  • Period: 41 to 44

    Reign of Herod Agrippa

  • Claudius undertakes the conquest of Britain
    43

    Claudius undertakes the conquest of Britain

  • Period: 43 to 410

    Britain as a Roman province

  • Founding of London
    50

    Founding of London

  • The Roman's supression of Druidism
    54

    The Roman's supression of Druidism

  • Period: 60 to 61

    Boudicca's revolt

  • The Year of the Four Emperors (Flavian Dynasty)
    69

    The Year of the Four Emperors (Flavian Dynasty)

  • The destruction of Jerusalem's temple
    70

    The destruction of Jerusalem's temple

  • Julius Agricola as Governor of Britain
    78

    Julius Agricola as Governor of Britain

  • Hadrian's Wall
    122

    Hadrian's Wall

  • Antonine's Wall
    142

    Antonine's Wall

  • Period: 196 to 213

    Britain's division into two

    Britannia Superior and Britannia Inferior.
  • Period: 259 to 274

    Britain, Gaul and Spain split away from the Roman Empire

  • 1st division of the Roman Empire
    285

    1st division of the Roman Empire

  • Carausius declares himself Emperor of Britain
    287

    Carausius declares himself Emperor of Britain

  • 293

    Carausius' death

  • The Saxon Shore Forts
    295

    The Saxon Shore Forts

  • Britain becomes a civil diocese of four provinces
    296

    Britain becomes a civil diocese of four provinces

    Maxima Caesariensis, Britannia Prima, Flavia Caesariensis, Britannia Secunda.
  • Diocletian's reforms
    301

    Diocletian's reforms

  • Constantine the Great proclaimed emperor at York
    306

    Constantine the Great proclaimed emperor at York

  • Edict of Milan
    313

    Edict of Milan

  • Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire
    323

    Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire

  • Council of Nicaea
    325

    Council of Nicaea

  • 330

    Byzantinum becomes capital and is renamed Constantinople

  • Period: 355 to 420

    Pelagius' evangelistic mission

  • Britain is attacked by barbarian peoples
    367

    Britain is attacked by barbarian peoples

    These barbarian peoples are the Scots, the Picts, the Attacotti, the Franks and the Saxons.
  • Period: 379 to 395

    Reign of Theodosius I

  • Period: 410 to 597

    Sub-Roman Britain

  • St. Patrick's conversion of the Irish to Christianity
    432

    St. Patrick's conversion of the Irish to Christianity

  • First settlement of the Anglo-Saxons in Britain
    449

    First settlement of the Anglo-Saxons in Britain

  • Council of Chalcedon
    451

    Council of Chalcedon

  • Fall of the Western Roman Empire
    476

    Fall of the Western Roman Empire

  • Spread of Monasticism
    480

    Spread of Monasticism

  • Period: 500 to 800

    Anglo-Saxons' England divided into seven kingdoms

    These were Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Sussex, and Wessex.
  • Conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity
    597

    Conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity

    Iniciated by Pope Gregory the Great.
  • Period: 655 to 670

    Reign of Oswiu

  • Synod of Whitby
    664

    Synod of Whitby

  • Period: 668 to 690

    Theodore of Tarsus as Archbishop of Canterbury

    Seventh archbishop of Canterbury and the first archbishop to rule the whole English church.
  • Period: 757 to 796

    Reign of Offa

  • Offa's Dyke
    780

    Offa's Dyke

  • The Viking Raid on Lindisfarne
    793

    The Viking Raid on Lindisfarne

  • Invasion of the Scandinavians
    793

    Invasion of the Scandinavians

  • Period: 793 to 795

    The Viking raids on Jarrow, Iona, Monkwearmouth and St. Columbia

  • Period: 871 to 899

    Reign of Alfred the Great

  • 878

    Treaty of Wedmore

    A 9th-century accord between Alfred the Great and the Viking king Guthrum.
  • Guthrum's baptism
    878

    Guthrum's baptism

  • 927

    Founding of the Kingdom of England

    The English lands were unified in a reconquest completed by King Æthelstan.
  • Period: 927 to 939

    Reign of Æthelstan

    The first ruler of the whole Kingdom of England.
  • Period: 978 to 1016

    Reign of Æthelred the Unready

  • Period: 1013 to 1014

    Reign of Sweyn Forkbeard

    First Viking king of England.
  • Period: 1014 to 1042

    England under the rule of the Danish dynasty

  • Period: 1042 to 1066

    Reign of Edward the Confessor

  • Harald Hadrada's invasion of England
    1066

    Harald Hadrada's invasion of England

  • Edgar the Ætheling as prince and king of England
    1066

    Edgar the Ætheling as prince and king of England

    Not crowned.
  • Period: 1066 to 1071

    The Norman Conquest

  • Period: 1066 to 1087

    Reign of William the Conqueror

  • Period: 1069 to 1070

    Harrying of the North

  • Treaty of Abernethy
    1072

    Treaty of Abernethy

  • Period: 1087 to 1100

    Reign of William II

  • Period: 1100 to 1135

    Reign of Henry I

  • Empress Matilda named heir of the English throne
    1120

    Empress Matilda named heir of the English throne

  • Barons swear an oath that Matilda would become queen after Henry I's death
    1126

    Barons swear an oath that Matilda would become queen after Henry I's death

  • Period: 1135 to 1154

    Reign of Stephen of Blois

  • Treaty of Winchester
    1153

    Treaty of Winchester

  • Period: 1154 to 1189

    Reign of Henry II

  • Period: 1162 to 1170

    Thomas Becket as Archbishop of Canterbury

  • Period: 1189 to 1199

    Reign of Richard I

  • Period: 1189 to 1192

    Third Crusade

  • Period: 1199 to 1216

    Reign of John I

  • Magna Carta
    1215

    Magna Carta

  • Period: 1216 to 1272

    Reign of Henry III

  • The Provisions of Oxford
    1258

    The Provisions of Oxford

  • The Provisions of Westminster
    1259

    The Provisions of Westminster

  • Period: 1337 to 1453

    The Hundred Years' War

  • Period: 1347 to 1351

    Black Death

  • Statute of Laborers
    1351

    Statute of Laborers

  • The Peasants' Revolt
    1381

    The Peasants' Revolt

  • Fall of Constantinople
    1453

    Fall of Constantinople