Early Britain—Roman Britain eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 242 pages of information about Early Britain—Roman Britain.

Early Britain—Roman Britain eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 242 pages of information about Early Britain—Roman Britain.

Sec.  D.—­The unconquered North—­Hadrian’s Wall—­Upper and Lower Britain—­Romano-British coinage—­Wall of Antoninus—­Britain Pro-consular ... p. 193

Sec.  E.—­Commodus Britannicus—­Ulpius Marcellus—­Murder of Perennis—­Era of military turbulence—­Pertinax—­Albinus—­British army defeated at Lyons—­Severus Emperor—­Caledonian war—­Severus overruns Highlands ... p. 198

Sec.  F.—­Severus completes Hadrian’s Wall—­“Mile Castles”—­“Stations”—­Garrison—­The Vallum—­Rival theories—­Evidence—&
shy;Remains—­Coins—­Altars—­Mithraism—­Inscription to Julia Domna—­“Written Rock” on Gelt—­Cilurnum aqueduct ... p. 203

Sec.  G.—­Death of Severus—­Caracalla and Geta—­Roman citizenship—­Extension to veterans—­Tabulae honestae missionis—­Bestowed on all British provincials ... p. 212

CHAPTER V

THE END OF ROMAN BRITAIN

A.D. 211-455

Sec.  A.—­Era of Pretenders—­Probus—­Vandlebury—­First notice of Saxons—­Origin of name—­Count of the Saxon Shore—­Carausius —­Allectus—­Last Romano-British coinage—­Britain Mistress of the Sea—­Reforms of Diocletian—­Constantius Chlorus—­Re-conquest of Britain—­Diocletian provinces—­Diocletian persecution—­The last “Divus”—­General scramble for Empire—­British army wins for Constantine—­Christianity established ... p. 218

Sec.  B.—­Spread of Gospel—­Arianism—­Britain orthodox—­Last Imperial visit—­Heathen temples stripped—­British Emperors—­Magnentius—­Gratian—­Julian—­British corn-trade—­First inroad of Picts and Scots—­Valentinian—­Saxon raids—­Campaign of Theodosius—­Re-conquest of Valentia—­Wall restored and cities fortified ... p. 229

Sec.  C.—­Roman evacuation of Britain begun—­Maximus—­Settlement of Brittany—­Radagaisus invades Italy—­Twentieth Legion leaves Britain—­Britain in the ’Notitia’—­Final effort of British army—­The last Constantine—­Last Imperial Rescript to Britain—­Sack of Rome by Alaric—­Final collapse of Roman rule in Britain ... p. 235

Sec.  D.—­Beginning of English Conquest—­Vortigern—­Jutes in
Thanet—­Battle of Stamford—­Massacre of Britons—­Valentinian
III.—­Latest Roman coin found in Britain—­Progress of
Conquest—­The Cymry—­Survival of Romano-British titles—­Arturian
Romances—­Procopius—­Belisarius—­Roman claims revived by
Charlemagne—­The British Empire ... p. 244

Sec.  E.—­Survivals of Romano-British civilization—­Romano-British Church—­Legends of its origin—­St. Paul—­St. Peter—­Joseph of Arimathaea—­Glastonbury—­Historical notices—­Claudia and Pudens—­Pomponia—­Church of St. Pudentiana—­Patristic references to Britain—­Tertullian—­Origen—­Legend of Lucius—­Native Christianity—­British Bishops at Councils—­Testimony of Chrysostom and Jerome ... p. 249

Sec.  F.—­British missionaries—­Ninias—­Patrick—­Beatus—­British heresiarchs—­Pelagius—­Fastidius—­Pelagianism stamped out by Germanus—­The Alleluia Battle—­Romano-British churches—­Why so seldom found—­Conclusion ... p. 261

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