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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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| 306 |
| | | Constantine's father, recently appoinnted Augustus in the west, dies at York and the young man is proclaimed Augustus in his place by the legions in Britain | |
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| c. 380 |
| | | Roman legions begin to be withdrawn from Britain, leaving the Celtic population increasingly vulnerable | |
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| 664 |
| | | The king of Northumbria summons a synod at Whitby to hear the arguments of Roman and Celtic Christians, then opts for Rome | |
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| c. 1669 |
| | | The duke of York, heir to the English and Scottish thrones, is secretly received into the Roman Catholic church | |
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| 1678 |
| | | The Popish Plot, an invented Jesuit conspiracy to kill Charles II, results in the execution of about thirty-five Roman Catholics | |
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| 1764 |
| | | English historian Edward Gibbon, sitting among ruins in Rome, conceives the idea of Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire | |
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| 1776 |
| | | English historian Edward Gibbon publishes the first volume of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire | |
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