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55 BCE
Expedition of caesar to Britain
Caesar fails to conquer any territory, but he allows Britannia to enter the Roman sphere of influence. -
Period: 43 to 46
Expedition of Emperor Claudius
The troops led by Claudio land in Rutupiae (Richborough, on the east coast of Kent).
The Roman army conquers the south-east of the island, placing the capital at Camulodunum (Colchester). -
44
Landing of the troops led by Claudius
Year of the battle of the medway, won by the Romans against the British tribes, which united to fight them under the command of Togodumnus and his brother Caratacus of the Catuvellauni tribe. -
Period: 47 to 53
Expansion of the Romans into Britain
The Roman army expands northward: emperor Vespasian conquers a territory that extends to the line from the Humber and the severn estuary. -
52
General Aulus Gallus
Aulus Didius Gallus bring the Welsh borders under control, defeating the Silures. -
Period: 54 to 70
The expansion led by Nero
The Roman army conquers the Wales. -
60
The conquest of the island of Mona
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61
The rebellion of Boudica
The queen of Iceni combines her troops with thoose of the Trinovantes: conquers Camulodunum and defeats the Legio IX Hispana led by the governor Quintus Petillius Cerialis. Gaius Suetonius Paulinus reunites legions XIV Gemina and XX Valeria Victrix and clashed with Boudicca along Watling Street, destroying the rebels. -
76
Submission of the Silures
The general Sextus Julius Frontinus definitely defeats the Silures after a long military campaign. -
Period: 78 to 84
The governor Gnaeus Julius Agricola
Agricola conquers the Wales, submitting the Ordovices. Furthermore, the governor heads towards the Pennines and builds Deva Victrix (Chester) and Pinata Castra (Inchtuthil).
Agricola then obtains an important victory against the Caledonians of Calgacus. -
Period: 84 to 117
Consolidation period
The governors after agricola fail to subdue the north and the Romans retreat behind the line of Hadrian's Wall. -
122
The construction of Hadrian's Wall
