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Period

Roman Britain

43–410 CE

Roman Britain began with the Claudian invasion of AD 43 and developed through conquest, client kingdoms, veteran settlement, towns, roads, forts and taxation.

The province contained Roman citizens, soldiers, merchants, enslaved people and communities whose identities remained local as well as imperial. Frontier policy changed over time, especially in the north.

Anthony Riches’s early Empire novels use Roman Britain as the setting for Marcus Valerius Aquila’s service on the northern frontier, where auxiliary troops, tribal politics and imperial suspicion intersect.

Related people for Roman Britain

Agrippina the Younger15–59 Allectusdied 296 Augustus64 BCE–14 Aulus Plautius6 BCE–57 Boudica30–61 Britannicus41–55 Calgacusborn c. 1st century Caracalla188–217 Caratacus15–54 Carausiusdied 293 Cartimanduac. 1st century–69 Claudius11 BCE–54 Commodus161–192 Constantine the Great272–337 Constantius Chlorusc. 250–306 Cunobelinec. 2nd century BCE–43 Diocletianc. 240s–316 Domitian51–96 Gaius Suetonius Paulinus10–c. 60s Galba4 BCE–69 Geta189–211 Gnaeus Julius Agricola40–93 Gratian359–383 Hadrian76–138 Honorius384–423 Julia Domnac. 160–217 Magnus Maximus335–388 Marcus Aurelius121–180 Marcus Oclatinius Adventusc. 160–218 Messalina20–48 Nero37–68 Quintus Petillius Cerialis30–83 Septimius Severus146–211 Theodosius I347–395 Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnusc. 1st century–c. 1st century Titus39–81 Trajan53–117 Vespasian9–79 Vibia Sabina86–136 Vindex25–68

Series

Series about Roman Britain (4 series)

The Sword of Cartimandua in Order

by Griff Hosker 13 books 4.4(13,425)

The Sword of Cartimandua is a Roman Britain sequence following auxiliary cavalry and frontier soldiers from the age of Cartimandua through the Flavian and early Hadrianic period. The books use Brigantian politics, Roman conquest, northern campaigning, Caledonia and Hadrian’s Wall to show Britain as a frontier province where…

Rome Unbound in Order

by Christopher Lee Buckner 4 books 4.2(507)

Rome Unbound follows the Roman centurion Quintus Liberius Verus on the edge of imperial Britain after the Claudian conquest. The sequence moves from the tense aftermath of native revolt to the Flavian advance into northern Britain, then follows Verus after disgrace into slavery, gladiatorial violence and the attempt…

Celtic Tetralogy in Order

by Henry Treece 4 books 3.9(373)

The Celtic Tetralogy follows Britain through four major transformations: Bronze Age migration, Roman invasion, the Boudican Revolt and the struggle for power after Roman withdrawal. The books were not published in narrative order, but together they form Treece’s sustained reconstruction of an island repeatedly remade by conquest, resistance…

Roman Britain in Order

by Henry Treece 3 books 3.9(132)

The Roman Britain series presents the island at three moments of political rupture. Legions of the Eagle begins with Claudius’s invasion and the resistance associated with Caratacus. The Eagles Have Flown moves to the fifth century, when the legions and central government have disappeared. The Queen’s Brooch returns…

Books

30 Best Novels About Roman Britain

Non-Fiction

10 Best Non-Fiction Books About Roman Britain

Histories, biographies and reference works are listed separately from the historical novels above.