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| c. 40 |
| | | The death of Cymbeline is a prelude to the renewed Roman invasion of Celtic 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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| c. 400 |
| | | Niall of the Nine Hostages is the first man to be called king of Ireland, though his direct control does not extend beyond Ulster | |
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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. 450 |
| | | St Patrick creates a strong tradition of Celtic Christianity in Ireland, from his base in Armagh | |
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| c. 500 |
| | | Monks in Ireland live in stone beehive cells on rocky islands, to achieve maximum discomfort | |
|  | Beehive stone house, 6th century
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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. 530 |
| | | St Finnian founds the first of Ireland's great Celtic monasteries, at Clonard | |
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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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