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| c. 142 |
| | | The emperor Antoninus Pius gives orders for the construction of a defensive earthwork, to the north of Hadrian's Wall | |
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| c. 150 |
| | | London develops as a prosperous trading centre, at the hub of the network of Roman roads in Britain | |
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| c. 250 |
| | | The Picts win a dominant position among tribes in the northern regions of Britain, or Scotland | |
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| 306 |
| | | Constantine's father, recently appoinnted Augustus in the west, dies at York and the young man is proclaimed Augustus in his place by the legions in Britain | |
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| c. 380 |
| | | Roman legions begin to be withdrawn from Britain, leaving the Celtic population increasingly vulnerable | |
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| c. 450 |
| | | Angles, Saxons and other Germanic groups invade southern England and steadily push the Celts westwards | |
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| c. 500 |
| | | A phallic figure, the Cerne Giant, is cut on a Dorset hillside at Cerne Abbas | |
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| c. 500 |
| | | According to Bede, the first widely accepted Anglo-Saxon ruler in southern Britain is Aelli, founder of the West Sussex kingdom | |
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| c. 550 |
| | | If there is any historical basis for the legendary King Arthur, it is as a Celtic chieftain resisting the Anglo-Saxons in the sixth century | |
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| 563 |
| | | St Columba establishes a monastery on the island of Iona, from which Celtic Christianity is carried to Scotland and northern England | |
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