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Early Independent Britain AD 400-425 - The History Files
Apr 1, 1999 · Post-Roman Britain Early Independent Britain AD 400-425 by Peter Kessler, 1 April 1999. Updated 16 February 2019: The well-known date of Britain's final official break from Rome is AD 410, but by that stage Roman Britannia had mostly been fighting its own battles for at least thirty years with only occasional support from Rome itself.
Assessing the Anglo-Saxon Invasions - The History Files
Nov 16, 1994 · The End of Roman Britain: Assessing the Anglo-Saxon Invasions of the Fifth Century. by William Bakken, 16 November 1994. Updated 28 December 1998. The years between the collapse of the Roman government in Britain in the early years of the fifth century and the arrival of St Augustine at the end of the sixth included a period of significant change.
The Battle of Thermopylae - The History Files
Nov 17, 2007 · The Battle of Thermopylae, 480 BC. The pass at Thermopylae was the site of a heroic defeat for the Greeks, as they tried unsuccessfully to defend it in battle against a huge Persian army in 480 BC. However, the defeat served as a rallying call for all of Greece, and remains an everlasting symbol of heroic resistance against overwhelming enemy ...
Waves of Migration to Britain - The History Files
Sep 5, 2006 · Waves of Migration to Britain. by Jonathan Amos, 5 September 2006. Updated 18 August 2017. At least eight times humans came to try to live in Britain and on at least seven occasions they failed - beaten back by freezing conditions. By 2006, scientists thought that they could write a reasonably comprehensive history of the occupation of these isles.
Origins of the Slavs - The History Files
It is generally accepted that the origins of the Slavs lay in the westwards portion of the Indo-European migrations which are encompassed within the Yamnaya horizon. That one statement alone is enough to generate a storm of counter-claims. Trying to narrow down the origins of the Slavs is a risky business, not least because those origins are ...
Kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxons - England / Great Britain - The …
The ascendancy of Wessex remained with subsequent kings, although the Scandinavian kingdom of York proved to be a continual source of distraction until it fell to King Eadred in 954. He now ruled a definitively united kingdom. The early Anglo-Saxon kings still had their powerbase in Wessex, and still spent much of their time there but, now that they had a far greater domain, Wessex became ...
Kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxons - Wessex / Kingdom United - The …
United all English & Danes under sole rule. 924 - 925. Æthelstan ascends the throne of Mercia in 924 on the death of his father, and sixteen days later gains the throne of Wessex as well, following the premature death of his half-brother, Ælfwearde. It takes until 925 before he is fully accepted in Wessex.
Kingdoms of British Celts - Rheged - The History Files
c.470: Gwrast's eldest son, Meirchion Gul, is his confirmed successor to the throne of Rheged. His younger son, Mascuid, is granted the region of Elmet, which until now seems likely to have been under the direct control of Rheged. This event seems to coincide with the death of Mor ap Ceneu, 'King of Northern Britain', and the subsequent division of …
Full Text of the Declaration of Arbroath, 1320 - The History Files
Full Text of the Declaration of Arbroath, 1320. Translation from the Latin as published in The Scotsman, 4 February 2005. King Robert I: 'But from these countless evils we have been set free... by our most tireless Prince, King and Lord, the Lord Robert'. To the most Holy Father and Lord in Christ, the Lord John, by divine providence Supreme ...