Sub-Roman Britain
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Sub-Roman Britain is an archaeologists' label for the culture of Britain in Late Antiquity. "Sub-Roman" was invented to describe the pottery in sites of Britannia during both the 5th century and the 6th century, with an inference of decay from a higher standard under the Roman Empire. The concept is currently being revised.
When the Romanized Britons became independent of the Western Roman Empire after several episodes of Roman troop withdrawal and the forcible expulsion of Roman administrators about 410, their culture was Romano-British.
The period lies between the exit of the last of the legions with the claimant Constantine III in 407 and the arrival of Augustine at Canterbury of the Kingdom of Kent in 597.
The written record fades to nothing during this period and is replaced by legend.
For written records we have the Confessio of Saint Patrick and the hortatory jeremiad of Gildas, De Excidio Britanniae ("The Ruin of Britain"), supplemented by highly fictionalized hagiography of saints like Germain of Auxerre, who visited Britain twice, which reveals traces of history in its secondary details. When Bede began to collect materials for his history of the Anglo-Saxon peoples in the late 8th century, he was depending on oral traditions, folk genealogies and legend.
Archaeology has supplemented the picture of this culture, notably at sites like Tintagel, the South Cadbury hill-fort, 5th and 6th century repairs along Hadrian's Wall, once thought to have been abandoned, Whithorn in southwestern Scotland, possibly the site of St Ninian's monastery, continuing urban occupation at many Roman cities, some of which were the seats of bishops in lists of names, and an extensive villa-like structure at Wroxeter [1] (http://www.the-orb.net/encyclop/early/origins/rom_celt/romessay.html).
Timeline
- 410 - Roman departure from Britain
- c.425 - Vortigern comes into power
- 429 - Germanus' first mission to Britain
- c.440 - Germanus' second mission to Britain
- 446 - The Groans of the Britons is sent to Aetius
- c.447 - Saxon mercenaries first arrive in Britain
- 466 - Battle of Wippedesfleot
- 470 - Riothamus campaigns in Gaul against the Vandals
- c.479 - Ambrosius Aurelianus comes into power
- c.493 - Battle of Mons Badonicus, death of Patrick, birth of Gildas
- c.525 - Birth of Aneirin
- c.534 - Birth of Taliesin
- 563 - Columba establishes a misison on Iona
- c.570 - Death of Gildas
- c.577 - Battle of Deorham
- 597 - Augustine establishes mission at Canterbury, death of Columba
- c.599 - Death of Taliesin
- c.600 - Death of Aneirin
External links
- Christopher A. Snyder, "Sub-Roman britain: A Guide to On-Line Resources" (http://www.the-orb.net/encyclop/early/origins/rom_celt/subroman.html)
- Snyder, "Sub-Roman Britain: an Introduction" (http://www.the-orb.net/encyclop/early/origins/rom_celt/romessay.html)
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