|
A.D. |
ROME |
41–54 |
Claudius emperor |
54–68 |
Nero emperor |
68–9 |
Civil war |
71–96 |
The Flavian emperors |
98–117 |
Trajan emperor |
117–38 |
Hadrian emperor |
138–92 |
The Antonine emperors |
193–211 |
Severus emperor |
284–305 |
Diocletian emperor |
292–305 |
Constantius I caesar of the west |
305–6 |
Constantius I emperor |
306–37 |
Constantine the Great emperor |
364–75 |
Valentinian I emperor |
367–83 |
Gratian emperor |
395–423 |
Honorius emperor |
A.D. |
BRITAIN |
43–9 |
Conquest of S. Britain Brigantes become a client-kingdom, allied to Rome |
60 |
Revolt of Boudicca |
68–9 |
Brigantes break with Rome |
71–4 |
Cerialis defeats Brigantes |
79–83 |
Agricola's campaigns in N. Britain |
c. 117 |
Roman defeat, heavy casualties |
120–1 |
Hadrian in Britain |
122–8 |
Hadrian's Wall and forts built |
193–7 |
Albinus, governor of Britain, strives to become emperor, taking the army of Britain to the continent |
197 |
Severus defeats Albinus near Lyons Maeatae overrun N. part of Roman Britain |
208–11 |
Severus in Britain: political and military administration reorganised Caledonia invaded |
286–96 |
Usurpation of Carausius and Allectus |
296 |
Constantius Caesar defeats Allectus Northern tribes overrun N. half of Roman Britain |
306 |
Constantius I defeats the Picts and invades Caledonia |
367–9 |
Combined raiding by Saxons, Picts and Scots. Count Theodosius in Britain |
383–88 |
Usurpation of Magnus Maximus, who conquers Gaul and Spain |
407–11 |
Constantine III, usurper emperor from Britain, invades the continent |
410 |
Honorius instructs British civitates to provide for their own defence |
A.D. |
YORK |
71–2 |
IX Legion installed: fortress built |
c. 80 |
Fortress strengthened |
107–8 |
Fortress rebuilt in stone |
c. 122 |
VI Legion replaces IX Legion |
197 |
Destruction of fortress by Maeatae: subsequent rebuilding |
208–11 |
Court of Severus at York, by 213 capital of Lower Britain: civil town becomes a colonia
|
211 |
Death of Severus at York |
296 |
York destroyed: subsequent rebuilding |
306 |
Death of Constantius I at York Constantine proclaimed emperor |
314 |
Bishop of York at Council of Arles |