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Sub-Roman Britain is the period of late antiquity in Great Britain between the end of Roman rule and the Anglo-Saxon settlement. The term was originally used to describe archaeological remains found in 5th- and 6th-century AD sites that hinted at the decay of locally made wares from a previous higher standard under the Roman Empire .
Dec 21, 2005 · If we are to attempt to model the broad outlines of the interface between sub-Roman Britain and Anglo-Saxon England, the key characteristic would seem to be the early potency, in military and hence in political terms, of the incoming barbarians, even despite some early British resistance.
- Nick Higham
- 2, Issue1
- 21 December 2005
Before the Romans arrived there was no written language in Britain. They changed all that by teaching important Britons how to read and write and how to speak the Roman language – Latin.
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.
"Sub-Roman Britain" is a label applied by specialists to Britannia in the fifth and sixth centuries AD. Geographically, Britannia is that territory south of the Forth-Clyde line that was part of the Roman Empire from AD 43 to 410.
Dec 21, 2005 · The sub-Roman/Anglo-Saxon interface has been hotly debated over the last twenty years, with scholars approaching the subject from several different disciplines and arguing variously for mass migration from Germany and/or elite dominance by a barbarian elite of a British majority.
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Aug 21, 2013 · In this post, I am going to provide some additional information about third and fourth century Roman Britain and period following the departure of the last Roman legionaries, referred to by historians and archaeologists as Sub-Roman Britain.
