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Key Dates

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408 Britain independent of Rome
408/27 Coelius, Dux Britanniarum, military commander of nothern Britain
425/59 Vitalis, Supernus Tyrannus - Vortigern, supreme ruler of Britain
428 Hengest lands
437 Conflict between Vitalis and the elder Ambrosius
446 Britons appeal to Rome for help against the Saxons
452 Birth of Arthur
458 Feast of Long Knives - massacre of British leaders
460/75 Ambrosius Aurelianus, Riotamus, supreme ruler of Britain
470 Campaign of Ambrosius in Gaul
471 Birth of Catumandus
475 Arthur Dux Bellorum, Leader in Battle
480 Battle of Longborth
487 Death of Lasanleawg
491/518 Anastasius Emperor
496 Catumandus journeys to Britain
497 Battle of Badon
510 Battle of the Trees
517 Battle of Camlan
518 Catumandus returns to the East
533/44 Reconquest of Africa and Italy by Justinian
533+ Death of Catumandus