Timeline: Life on the Northern Frontier

Question 1

What are the 10 key dates in the timeline?

Answer 1

AD 43
c. AD 70
c. AD 83/84
AD 122
c. AD 140-158
AD 208-211
AD 286-296
AD306
AD 367
c. AD 410

Question 2

What happened in AD 43?

Answer 2

Claudius invades Britain

Question 3

What happened in c. AD 70?

Answer 3

Romans start building forts and roads in what is now Northern England.

Question 4

What happened in c. AD 83/84?

Answer 4

Battle of Mons Graupius in Scotland

Question 5

What happened in AD 122?

Answer 5

Construction began on Hadrian’s Wall.

Question 6

What happened in c. AD 140-158?

Answer 6

Hadrian’s Wall temporarily abandoned - army establishes Antonine Wall in Southern Scotland.

Question 7

What happened in AD 208-211?

Answer 7

Emperor Septimus Serverus campaigns in Northern Britain.

Question 8

What happened in AD 286-296?

Answer 8

Carausian Revolt - Britain rules by breakaway emporers.

Question 9

What happened in AD 306?

Answer 9

Constantine was procalaimed emperor at York.

Question 10

What happened in AD 367?

Answer 10

‘Barbarian Conspiracy’ devastates Britain, Roman commander killed.

Question 11

What happened in c. AD 410?

Answer 11

Britain lost to the Roman Empire.