2nd century in Roman Britain
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Events from the 2nd century
2nd century
The 2nd century is the period from 101 to 200 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian/Common Era. It is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period...
in Roman Britain
Roman Britain
Roman Britain was the part of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire from AD 43 until ca. AD 410.The Romans referred to the imperial province as Britannia, which eventually comprised all of the island of Great Britain south of the fluid frontier with Caledonia...
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Events
- 118
- Governor Quintus Pompeius FalcoQuintus Pompeius FalcoQuintus Pompeius Falco was a Roman politician of the early 2nd century.His complete name was Quintus Roscius Coelius Murena Silius Decianus Vibullius Pius Iulius Eurycles Herculanus Pompeius Falco. Pompeius Falco was governor of Moesia Inferior between 116 and 117...
suppresses a revolt by the BrigantesBrigantesThe Brigantes were a Celtic tribe who in pre-Roman times controlled the largest section of what would become Northern England, and a significant part of the Midlands. Their kingdom is sometimes called Brigantia, and it was centred in what was later known as Yorkshire...
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- Governor Quintus Pompeius Falco
- c. 120
- Car DykeCar DykeThe Car Dyke was, and to large extent still is, an eighty-five mile long ditch which runs along the western edge of the Fens in eastern England. It is generally accepted as being of Roman age and, for many centuries, to have been taken as marking the western edge of the Fens...
constructed over newly drained East AngliaEast AngliaEast Anglia is a traditional name for a region of eastern England, named after an ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom, the Kingdom of the East Angles. The Angles took their name from their homeland Angeln, in northern Germany. East Anglia initially consisted of Norfolk and Suffolk, but upon the marriage of...
n FenFenA fen is a type of wetland fed by mineral-rich surface water or groundwater. Fens are characterised by their water chemistry, which is neutral or alkaline, with relatively high dissolved mineral levels but few other plant nutrients...
s. - Stationed for several years in Eburacum – present-day York, in northern England – Rome’s Ninth Legion suddenly vanished from the records in 120 AD, giving rise to the belief that they had marched north into Scotland and never returned.
- Car Dyke
- 122
- Emperor HadrianHadrianHadrian , was Roman Emperor from 117 to 138. He is best known for building Hadrian's Wall, which marked the northern limit of Roman Britain. In Rome, he re-built the Pantheon and constructed the Temple of Venus and Roma. In addition to being emperor, Hadrian was a humanist and was philhellene in...
visits Britain and appoints Aulus Platorius NeposAulus Platorius NeposAulus Platorius Nepos was a Roman politician of the early 2nd century.Platorius Nepos was governor of Germania Inferior. He was a close friend and possible kinsman of the Emperor Hadrian and may have accompanied Hadrian on his visit to Britain in 122. In this year he was made governor of Roman...
as Governor. - Construction of Hadrian's WallHadrian's WallHadrian's Wall was a defensive fortification in Roman Britain. Begun in AD 122, during the rule of emperor Hadrian, it was the first of two fortifications built across Great Britain, the second being the Antonine Wall, lesser known of the two because its physical remains are less evident today.The...
begins. - Construction of London forumForum (Roman)A forum was a public square in a Roman municipium, or any civitas, reserved primarily for the vending of goods; i.e., a marketplace, along with the buildings used for shops and the stoas used for open stalls...
completed.
- Emperor Hadrian
- 130
- Town centre of WroxeterWroxeterWroxeter is a village in Shropshire, England. It forms part of the civil parish of Wroxeter and Uppington and is located in the Severn Valley about south-east of Shrewsbury.-History:...
re-developed.
- Town centre of Wroxeter
- 139
- Newly appointed Governor Quintus Lollius UrbicusQuintus Lollius UrbicusQuintus Lollius Urbicus was governor of Roman Britain between the years 139 and 142, during the reign of the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius. He is named in the text known as the Augustan History, and his name appears on five Roman inscriptions from Britain; his career is set out in detail on a pair...
advances to the ClydeRiver ClydeThe River Clyde is a major river in Scotland. It is the ninth longest river in the United Kingdom, and the third longest in Scotland. Flowing through the major city of Glasgow, it was an important river for shipbuilding and trade in the British Empire....
-ForthRiver ForthThe River Forth , long, is the major river draining the eastern part of the central belt of Scotland.The Forth rises in Loch Ard in the Trossachs, a mountainous area some west of Stirling...
line, re-constructing Corstopitum as a base.
- Newly appointed Governor Quintus Lollius Urbicus
- 142
- Emperor Antoninus PiusAntoninus PiusAntoninus Pius , also known as Antoninus, was Roman Emperor from 138 to 161. He was a member of the Nerva-Antonine dynasty and the Aurelii. He did not possess the sobriquet "Pius" until after his accession to the throne...
orders the construction of the Antonine WallAntonine WallThe Antonine Wall is a stone and turf fortification built by the Romans across what is now the Central Belt of Scotland, between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde. Representing the northernmost frontier barrier of the Roman Empire, it spanned approximately 39 miles and was about ten feet ...
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- Emperor Antoninus Pius
- 154
- Governor Gnaeus Julius VerusGnaeus Julius VerusGnaeus Iulius Verus was Roman general and senator of the mid-2nd century AD, eventually becoming governor of Britain.Verus came from Aequum in Dalmatia, probably the son of Sextus Julius Severus , born in 112. He served as tribune in the legio X Fretensis when his father was governor of Judaea in...
suppresses a revolt by the Brigantes. - Antonine Wall overrun.
- Governor Gnaeus Julius Verus
- 155
- Fire destroys much of central St AlbansSt AlbansSt Albans is a city in southern Hertfordshire, England, around north of central London, which forms the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans. It is a historic market town, and is now a sought-after dormitory town within the London commuter belt...
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- Fire destroys much of central St Albans
- 158
- Re-fortification of Hadrian's Wall begins.
- 160
- Antonine Wall re-occupied.
- 163
- Antonine Wall abandoned. Governor Sextus Calpurnius AgricolaSextus Calpurnius AgricolaSextus Calpurnius Agricola was a Roman general and politician of the 2nd century.Calpurnius Agricola was governor of Germania Superior around 158....
re-builds forts along Hadrian's Wall.
- Antonine Wall abandoned. Governor Sextus Calpurnius Agricola
- 175
- 5,500 conscripted Sarmatian cavalry stationed in northern Britain.
- 180
- Northern tribes breach Hadrian's Wall and ravage the countryside.
- Governor Ulpius MarcellusUlpius MarcellusUlpius Marcellus was a Roman consular governor of Britannia who returned there as general of the later 2nd century.Ulpius Marcellus is recorded as governor of Roman Britain in an inscription of 176-80, and apparently returned to Rome after a tenure without serious incident...
launches punitive campaigns to the north.
- 185
- Marcellus forced to retreat to Hadrian's Wall.
- Roman army in Britain mutinies. Helvius Pertinax appointed as Governor, and suppresses mutiny.
- 187
- Pertinax resigns, after becoming unpopular with the army.
- 192
- Clodius AlbinusClodius AlbinusClodius Albinus was a Roman usurper proclaimed emperor by the legions in Britain and Hispania upon the murder of Pertinax in 193.-Life:...
, Governor of Britain, briefly proclaimed Emperor, but instead acquiesces to the rival claim of Septimus Severus.
- Clodius Albinus
- 196
- Albinus proclaims himself "Augustus" and invades Gaul, seeking to overthrow Severus.
- 197
- 19 February - Albinus defeated at the Battle of LugdunumBattle of LugdunumThe Battle of Lugdunum, also called the Battle of Lyon, was fought on 19 February 197 at Lugdunum , between the armies of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus and of the Roman usurper Clodius Albinus...
in Gaul; Severus appoints Virius LupusVirius LupusVirius Lupus was a Roman soldier and politician of the late second and early 3rd century.His parents were Lucius Virius, born c. 140, and wife Antonia, also born c. 140 and daughter of Marcus Antonius Zeno. His paternal grandparents were Quintus Virius, born c. 110, and wife Larcia, born c...
as Governor. - MaeataeMaeataeThe Maeatae were a confederation of tribes who lived probably beyond the Antonine Wall in Roman Britain. The historical sources are vague as to the exact region they inhabited....
launch raids against Hadrian's Wall.
- 19 February - Albinus defeated at the Battle of Lugdunum