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| 47 |
| | | Roman legions build the Fosse Way, a raised road with a ditch on each side stretching from Lincoln to Devon | |
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| 60 |
| | | Boudicca launches a devastating attack on Roman soldiers and settlers, destroying their headquarters at Colchester | |
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| 77 |
| | | Agricola, appointed Roman governor of Britain in AD 77, establishes Chester as a stronghold from which to control the Welsh tribes | |
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| 83 |
| | | Agricola defeats the tribes of Scotland at an unidentified place called Mons Graupius, probably almost as far north as Aberdeen | |
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| 98 |
| | | Tacitus begins his career with two specialized but influential works of history, one on Britain and the other on Germany | |
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| c. 100 |
| | | The Celtic chieftains of Britain adapt willingly to Roman customs and comforts | |
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| c. 100 |
| | | The first accounts of Scotland, written by the Romans, name the Caledonii as the most important tribe of the region | |
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| 122 |
| | | The emperor Hadrian, visiting Britain, orders the construction of a great wall from coast to coast to keep out the Caledonian tribes | |
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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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