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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 | |
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| 43 |
| | The Roman emperor Claudius reaches Colchester, where a temple is erected to him as a god | |
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| 47 |
| | Roman legions build the Fosse Way, a raised road with a ditch on each side stretching from Lincoln to Devon | |
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| 60 |
| | Boudicca launches a devastating attack on Roman soldiers and settlers, destroying their headquarters at Colchester | |
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| 77 |
| | Agricola, appointed Roman governor of Britain in AD 77, establishes Chester as a stronghold from which to control the Welsh tribes | |
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| 83 |
| | Agricola defeats the tribes of Scotland at an unidentified place called Mons Graupius, probably almost as far north as Aberdeen | |
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| c. 100 |
| | The Celtic chieftains of Britain adapt willingly to Roman customs and comforts | |
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| c. 100 |
| | The first accounts of Scotland, written by the Romans, name the Caledonii as the most important tribe of the region | |
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| 122 |
| | The emperor Hadrian, visiting Britain, orders the construction of a great wall from coast to coast to keep out the Caledonian tribes | |
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