Near the end of Roman rule, Britain was being attacked by the Picts and Scots from the north, and the Anglo-Saxons from the sea. The Romans built forts to defend the coast and Hadrian's wall ...

The drought took place between 364 and 366 AD and may have been a determining factor behind the rebellion, called the Barbarian Conspiracy, which was an attack on Roman rule in Britain. Researchers ...

The resulting anarchy took two years to control and marked the beginning of the end of Roman administration in Britain, which would withdraw permanently around the year 410. According to the study, ...

Pp. 256. Illus., maps, notes, index. $43.95 paper. ISBN: 0752446142. A history of Britain during the six centuries from the eve of the Roman conquest in the mid-first century through the arrival of ...