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Roman Britain
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English
Proper noun
en history
The period of British history during which the island of Britain was occupied by Roman forces, i.e. from AD 43 to AD 410.
The Roman province established by the occupation of Britain.
en Britannia
Usage notes
The Roman invasion largely failed to penetrate Caledonia (now Scotland), with northern borders temporarily marked first by Hadrian's Wall and then the Antonine Wall (though de facto control of areas so far north was rather limited), such that “Roman Britain” refers only to the rest of the island to the south, known to the Romans as Britannia.
Coordinate terms
en Britannia
en Great Britain
en Roman Empire
en Western Roman Empire
en Places in the Roman Empire