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Rome - Roman Britain
The period of British history when it is appropriate to refer to it as Roman Britain runs from Julius Caesar's unsuccessful landing there in 55 B.C. to A.D. 410 when the Roman Emperor Honorius was too busy elsewhere to help. Here you'll find information on Britain and the Celtic tribes from the point they first came into conflict with the Romans to the time the Roman military left.
Roman Britain on DVD
Bettany Hughes, a very popular presenter of history on television shows like those made for the History Channel, presents a new story from ancient history, that of The Roman Invasion of Britain, on DVD. The 3-part story, Onslaught, Revolt, and Dominion, starts in A.D. 43.
Hadrian's Wall
Hadrian's Wall was built, beginning in 122, to keep Roman Britain safe from hostile attacks from the Picts. It was the northernmost boundary of the Roman empire until early in the fifth century.
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.
Corbridge Lanx
Glossary entry on the Corbridge Lanx.
Review: "The Roman Invasion of Britain"
A review of the Bettany Hughes' presentation of "The Roman Invasion of Britain" on DVD
Antonine Wall - Information on the Antonine Wall
The Antonine Wall is a sixty kilometer wall north of Hadrian's Wall built by the Romans in Britian to keep the Picts at bay during the reign of Antoninus Pius (A.D. 142-155)