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Roman Britain and the Celtic tribes. Britain and the Celtic tribes from the point they first came into conflict with the Romans to the time the Roman military left.

Britain Map

Map of Roman Britain in about A.D. 410.

Glastonbury - Roman Britain Abbey at Glastonbury

Glossary entry on the Roman Britain Abbey at Glastonbury.

Latin Names for Places in Modern Britain

A list of the names of modern places in what was Roman Britain coupled with their Latin equivalents.

Contents - Roman Britain

The contents of the etext of "Roman Britain," by Edward Conybeare (1903). This book includes a bibliography divided into ancient and "modern" sources, a map of Roman Britain, and a chronology of Roman Britain from the fourth century B.C. the fifth century A.D.

Pre-Roman Britain, by Edward Conybeare

A chapter from this 1903 book based on outmoded ideas about Aryans.

Boudicca: A Mother's Revenge

From your Guide. Boudicca went after the Romans with a vengeance after they raped her daughters.

Roman Britain, by Edward Conybeare

After the death of Severus in A.D. 211, Roman historians tell us nothing more concerning Britain till we come to the rise of the only other Emperor who died at York, Constantius Chlorus.

Jupiter Myth - by Lindsey Davis

Review of the fourteenth in the Falco mystery series by Lindsey Davis. Following "The Body in the Bathhouse," "The Jupiter Myth" also takes place in Britain.

Celtic Myth

Druidism and the gods and goddesses of the Celts.

Rosemary Sutcliff Historical Fiction - Roman Britain Trilogy

"The Eagle of the Ninth" is the first in the series, its characters the ancestors of those in its sequel, "The Silver Branch." The final volume, "The Lantern Bearers," takes place during Vortigern's rule, in the late 5th century, in approximately the same area, between Aquae Sulis (Bath) and Rutupiae. This is one of my favorite historical fiction trilogies, even if it is rated for young adults.

Timelines - Britain

From your Guide. Timelines and chronologies of major events on the islands of what is now the United Kingdom.

Jack Whyte Historical Fiction - Camulod Chronicles

Jack Whyte's historical fiction saga on Roman Briatin, called The Dream of Eagles or the Camulod Chronicles, covers two centuries of British history, beginning in the early fifth with the Roman legions, and covering the period of Merlin and Arthur. Occasionally very violent.

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