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Within the tangled and tormented web of the Roman imperial family, Gaius Caesar - nicknamed Caligula - inherits the throne       
Marble head, probably Caligula, c.40 AD
Chichester District Museum

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c. 40
 
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The death of Cymbeline is a prelude to the renewed Roman invasion of Celtic Britain      
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Claudius, after the assassination of his nephew Caligula, is selected as emperor by the praetorian guards       
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Herod Agrippa, a grandson of Herod the Great, restores a brief calm to Palestine      
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The Romans invade Britain and the tribal leader Caractacus fails to hold them in an encounter near the Medway       
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The emperor Claudius catches up with the Roman army, waiting at the Thames for him to lead the final victory over the English tribes      
Gold coin of Claudius, 46 AD
British Museum

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The Roman emperor Claudius reaches Colchester, where a temple is erected to him as a god      
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Roman legions build the Fosse Way, a raised road with a ditch on each side stretching from Lincoln to Devon     
c. 48
 
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St Paul, taking ship to Cyprus, begins the first of his great missionary journeys      
Saint Paul, Greek Orthodox icon, 1546


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St Paul, on his travels within the Roman empire, begins converting non-Jews (or Gentiles) to the new Christian faith