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  2. End of Roman rule in Britain - Wikipedia

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    In 383, the Roman general then assigned to Britain, Magnus Maximus, launched his successful bid for imperial power, [1] crossing to Gaul with his troops. He killed the Western Roman Emperor Gratian and ruled Gaul and Britain as Caesar (i.e., as a "sub-emperor" under Theodosius I). 383 is the last date for any evidence of a Roman presence in the north and west of Britain, [2] perhaps excepting ...

  3. Roman conquest of Britain - Wikipedia

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    Southern British tribes before the Roman invasion. In common with other regions on the edge of the empire, Britain had enjoyed diplomatic and trading links with the Romans in the century since Julius Caesar's expeditions in 55 and 54 BC, and Roman economic and cultural influence was a significant part of the British late pre-Roman Iron Age, especially in the south.

  4. Boudican revolt - Wikipedia

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    The Boudican revolt was an armed uprising by native Celtic Britons against the Roman Empire during the Roman conquest of Britain.It took place circa AD 60–61 in the Roman province of Britain, and it was led by Boudica, the Queen of the Iceni tribe.

  5. Roman Britain - Wikipedia

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    Roman Britain was the territory that became the Roman province of Britannia after the Roman conquest of Britain, consisting of a large part of the island of Great Britain. The occupation lasted from AD 43 to AD 410. [1] [2] Julius Caesar invaded Britain in 55 and 54 BC as part of his Gallic Wars. [3]

  6. List of battles by casualties - Wikipedia

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    The date and casualty figures for some tables do not use Template: ... Allied invasion of Italy: 1943: World War II: 17,092 [128] ... Roman conquest of Britain ...

  7. Julius Caesar's invasions of Britain - Wikipedia

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    Caesar had been conquering Gaul since 58 BC and in 56 BC he took most of northwest Gaul after defeating the Veneti in the naval Battle of Morbihan.. Caesar's pretext for the invasion was that "in almost all the wars with the Gauls succours had been furnished to our enemy from that country" with fugitives from among the Gallic Belgae fleeing to Belgic settlements in Britain, [10] and the Veneti ...

  8. List of Roman external wars and battles - Wikipedia

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    Roman invasion of Caledonia (208-211) - Roman forces led by Septimius Severus invade Caledonia because massive increase in raids and attacks on Roman Britain, but Romans are forced to withdraw to Hadrian's Wall after the emperor became ill and died at Eboracum on 4 February 211, suffering heavy casualties. Romans never campaigned deep into ...

  9. British Empire in World War II - Wikipedia

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    Britain at Bay: The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1938–1941 (2020) Bousquet, Ben and Colin Douglas. West Indian Women at War: British Racism in World War II (1991) online Archived 22 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine; Bryce, Robert Broughton (2005). Canada and the cost of World War II. McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 978-0-7735 ...