2. 54 BC Julius Caesar discovers Britain but doesn’t occupy it ( He makes a note to come back later…He doesn’t.)
3. 43 AD Roman Empire sends troops to Britain Built towns (Londinium) & roads Built forts Built baths Brought Christianity Roman letters
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10. Middle Ages: General Timeline 1095-1291C.E. Crusades 476 C.E. Fall of Rome 1066 C.E. Norman invasion of Britain 1306-1321 Dante’s Divine Comedy 1386 C.E. Chaucer begins writing Canterbury Tales 1455 C.E. Printing Press Beowulf Composed sometime between 850 C.E. 900 C.E. 1453 Fall of Byzantine Empire with invasion of Ottoman Turks 306 C.E. Constantine comes to power in Eastern Roman Empire; beginning of Byzantine Empire 1347 Bubonic Plague 450 C.E. Anglo-Saxons invade England 1375-1400 Sir Gawain & Green Knight
