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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
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.
Apr 22, 2007 · The third introductory chapter, ‘Nothing for Us to Fear or Rejoice At — Britain, Britons and the Roman Empire’, gives an account of the relationship between Britain and the Mediterranean world prior to the period of conquest.
- Renate Kurzmann
To say that sub-Roman Britain was simply "Roman Britain in decay" is to overlook both its achievements (monasticism, penitentials) and the continuity with its Roman (Latin education, Mediterranean trade) and Celtic (La Tène jewelry, the bardic tradition) past.
The Romano-British culture arose in Britain under the Roman Empire following the Roman conquest in AD 43 and the creation of the province of Britannia. It arose as a fusion of the imported Roman culture with that of the indigenous Britons , a people of Celtic language and custom.
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Oct 10, 1990 · Around 410 AD the Roman army sailed away from Britain to defend a crumbling empire, leaving the incompetent Britons to be overrun (despite heroic efforts by leaders such as Arthur) by hordes of marauding Anglo-Saxons from across the North Sea.
