Reader's Timeline
Please add your observations on the dates of events in Jack's series on Camulod. When you don't know the specific date, use the first of the month and the first month of the year.
Feel free to add corroborating facts from other sources, but tag an event from the books as fact only if you've verified its authenticity. With that said, let's have some fun!.
Indicates Jack's Fiction
| Date | Event | |
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| -10000/1/1 | First recorded history - Sumeria | |
| -323/1/1 | Alexander dies and the Celts push into Macedonia | |
| -100/1/1 | Caius Juluis Caesar born | |
| -55/1/1 | Julius Caesar lands in Britain with 2 legions and half of Roman Cavalry, not enough troops to subjugate Britain | |
| -44/1/1 | Julius Caesar is stabbed to death behind a theatre. | |
| -30/1/1 | Conor Mac Nessa is King of Ulster | |
| -4/1/1 | Estimated birth of Christ | |
| 9/1/1 | Arminius (Hermann the Cheruscan) obliterates three legions under Quintilius Varus in Germany's Teutoberger Forest | |
| 30/4/7 | Jesus of Nazareth executed by Pontius Pilate | |
| 38/1/1 | Caligula parades Celtic captives through Rome. | |
| 43/1/1 | Emporer Claudius dispatches troops to conquer Britain | |
| 49/1/1 | Colonia of Camulodonum (Colchester) founded. And Roman expansion starts into Wales | |
| 60/0/0 | Boudican Revolt. Boudica, Queen of the Iceni, burns Colchester (Camulodunum), Londinium, and Verulamium. Boudica was defeated in battle by Suetonius on Watling Street, with massive (18,000) | |
| 64/1/1 | Emperor Nero begins persecution of Christions and Jews | |
| 66/1/1 | One legion (XIV Gemina) withdrawn from Britain. | |
| 82/1/1 | The military governor of Britain, Julius Agricola, presses North to face the last free British Celtic Army. | |
| 98/1/1 | Roman Empire attains largest geographical extent under Emperor Trajan | |
| 122/1/1 | Legio IX Hispana replaced by VI Victrix. | |
| 123/1/1 | Construction of Hadrian's Wall begins | |
| 165/1/1 | Plague brought by returning armies spreads across Roman Empire and continues for decades | |
| 313/1/1 | Edict of Milan grants toleration to the Christian Church. | |
| 331/1/1 | Seat of Roman Empire moved to Constantinople (formally Byzantium) | |
| 360/1/1 | Huns invade Europe | |
| 361/1/1 | Varrus 18 years old; rescued by Caius on the eastern border of the empire | |
| 364/1/1 | Valentinian and Valens become joint emperors | |
| 365/1/1 | Publius Varrus saves Caius Brittanicus from the Berbers in Africa | |
| 367/10/1 | Publius Varrus wounded in the groin during Invasion | |
| 369/1/1 | Count Theodosius, sent by Valentinian I, clears Britain of invaders and restores the Wall. | |
| 375/1/1 | Death of Valentinian; Gratian becomes co-emperor with Valens | |
| 378/1/1 | The Roman legions suffer their first major defeat at the Battle of Adrianople | |
| 378/1/1 | Caius wife,Heraclita, and his three yougest children are lost to pestilence in Africa | |
| 378/6/1 | Caius visits Publius in Colchester, mentioning the Bagaudae of Gaul and his own plans for a similar community outside Aquae Sulis | |
| 378/7/1 | Caius Brittanicus is made Proconsulship of Numidia | |
| 379/1/1 | Theodosius becomes co-emperor with Gratian | |
| 382/7/1 | Varrus mutilates Claudius Seneca and leaves Colchester soon after | |
| 383/10/1 | Varrus brings home the skystones from the Mendip Hills | |
| 384/7/1 | Caius and Publius begin training the Colonists formally in the art of soldiering | |
| 386/1/1 | Magnus Maximus invades Italy and is executed by Theodosius | |
| 386/12/1 | Colony strongly established, with 600 soldiers | |
| 387/9/1 | Ullic Pendragon and Caius Brittanicus cement an alliance at Stonehenge | |
| 388/1/1 | Maximus defeated at Aquileia by Theodosius. | |
| 389/3/17 | St. Patrick born in Ireland | |
| 390/3/1 | Varrus sculpts Coventina, "The Lady of the Lake" | |
| 391/12/1 | The Colony has a private army of 1000 men | |
| 392/1/1 | Death of Valentinian II/christianity becomes offical law of rome | |
| 394/7/1 | Saxon and Frankish raiders hit estuary to the north of Camulod | |
| 395/1/1 | Death of Emperor Theodosius, who divides the Roman Empire between Arcadius (and Rufius) in the East, and Honorius (and Stilicho) in the West | |
| 396/1/1 | Claudius Seneca takes Varrus to Londinium; Stilicho exonerates Varrus and sends Seneca to Hadrian's Wall for frontier duty | |
| 397/1/1 | Roman commander, Stilicho, comes to Britain and repels an attack by Picts, Irish and Saxons | |
| 399/1/1 | First meeting of the Round Council in Camulod, after Vegetius Sulla's villa is pillaged by Franks | |
| 400/1/1 | Doctrine of Grace contested by Pelagius | |
| 401/1/1 | Merlyn Britannicus born | |
| 401/1/1 | Innocent I becomes bishop of Rome, and, like Damasus I (366-384), is a staunch defender of Rome's primacy | |
| 401/1/1 | Caius Britannicus, founder of Camulod, dies of stab wounds. | |
| 401/1/1 | Uther Pendragon born(within 1 hour of Merlyn) | |
| 406/1/1 | Constantine III, a usurper, strips Britain of troops for his conquest of Gaul and Spain. | |
| 407/1/1 | The Romans evacuate Britain to defend the motherland | |
| 408/1/1 | Stilicho is framed for trying to usurp the imperial throne and executed by Honorius | |
| 409/9/1 | Uther and Merlyn attacked 20 miles from Camulod ( Eagles Brood Ch.2) | |
| 410/1/1 | Varrus 67 years old; he begins writing the accounts described in "The Skystone" and "The Singing Sword" | |
| 410/1/1 | Visigoths sack Rome after 700 years of war | |
| 412/1/1 | Augustine writes "On the Spirit and the Letter", condemning Pelagius' views | |
| 418/1/1 | Pelagian heresy outlawed in Rome | |
| 419/1/1 | Death of Publius Varrus | |
| 424/1/1 | King Athol's Scots begin gradually migrating to Caledonia | |
| 426/1/1 | Uther and Merlyn find Cassandra while on a raid | |
| 426/1/1 | A few months after Cassandra is secluded in Avalon, Prince Donuil of Eire is taken as an honorable hostage by Merlyn | |
| 426/1/1 | Donuil helps Merlyn rescue Luceiia from the warlocks Caspar and Memnon; Picus' funeral pyre | |
| 427/1/1 | Loegaire crowned first king of Tara in Ireland. | |
| 428/1/1 | Pelagius dies in the Holy Lands | |
| 429/1/1 | Pelagius is declared a heretic at the First Verulamium Council | |
| 429/8/1 | Death of Cassandra; Merlyn, returning from the Verulamium Council, gets amnesia for 2 years | |
| 430/8/1 | Augustine dies in Hippo | |
| 431/4/1 | Arthur Pendragon born at Tintagel | |
| 431/8/1 | Merlyn bans the Farmers and Artisans from the Round Council | |
| 431/12/1 | Camulod experiences its most harsh winter ever; death of Luceiia | |
| 432/3/1 | Merlyn cements an alliance with Dergyll ap Griffyd and sends Dedalus and 4 squadrons to patrol lower Cambria
Azrylar Izarius of the Durmanhoth invades the Kingdom of Erebor under the reign of Azhagzhur the Cruel. |
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| 438/7/1 | Merlyn and Ambrose visit the Saxon Shore and meet Vortigern and Hengist | |
| 439/3/1 | Merlyn realizes he has contracted leprosy. | |
| 439/9/1 | Merlyn and the Secret Colony of 18 people arrive in Ravenglass | |
| 440/1/1 | Leo I becomes bishop of Rome, claiming unprecedented authority as the Supreme Head of all Christendom; he becomes the first "real" pope | |
| 441/1/1 | The two practice skystone swords arrive in Mediobogdum | |
| 441/1/1 | First Saxon revolt in British Isles c. 441/442 | |
| 443/1/1 | Camulod builds a school, and the monastics from Glastonbury Tor begin teaching the children in fall and winter seasons | |
| 444/1/1 | The Children of Garn finish conquering Athol's kingdom; all of Athol's people now settled on the coastal islands of Caledonia | |
| 445/1/1 | **Camulod reaches its prime, with a fighting force of 9000** | |
| 445/1/1 | Emperor Valentinian III issues an edict affirming the supremacy of Rome | |
| 446/3/1 | Merlyn abandons Mediobogdum, returning to Camulod | |
| 446/8/1 | The Camulodians and the Pendragon defeat the forces of Ironhair and Carthac in Cambria; Huw Strongarm becomes the first War Chief of the Pendragon since Ullics | |
| 447/1/1 | Second Verulamium Council condemning Pelagius' teachings | |
| 447/3/1 | Vortigern slain by Horsa | |
| 447/6/1 | Death of Tressa; Meryln becomes "The Sorcerer" | |
| 448/1/1 | Death of St. Germanus in Ravenna | |
| 449/4/1 | 18 year-old Arthur crowned as the Riothamus, High Chief and Spiritual King of the Britons | |
| 455/1/1 | Sack of Rome by Vandals | |
| 457/1/1 | Death of Vortigern | |
| 470/1/1 | Death of the Riothamus (Briton High King) in Gaul | |
| 470/1/1 | Huns leave Europe | |
| 476/1/1 | Roman Empire in the west falls as various "barbarian" kingdoms are established | |
| 480/1/1 | In the 480's, the venerable Meryln Brittanicus begins writing the accounts described in "The Eagles' Brood", "The Saxon Shore", "The Fort at River's Bend", and "Sorcerer: Metamorphosis" | |
| 489/1/1 | Death of Saint Patrick | |
| 529/1/1 | Justinian closes Plato's Academy as pagan | |
| 530/1/1 | The British monk Gildas writes "Concerning the Ruin of Britain", in which he describes Vortigern's pact with the Saxons, various Briton-Saxon battles, and Ambrosius Aurelianus | |
| 542/1/1 | Traditional date of Arthur Pendragon's death (assigned by Geoffrey of Monmouth) | |
| 594/1/1 | End of plague which began in 542 and "halved" the population of Europe! | |
| 663/1/1 | Council of Whitby, Northumbiran King Oswy supports Roman church | |
| 732/1/1 | Battle of Tours: Charles Martel defeated Saracen invadres, cheching the advance of Islam into Europe | |
| 742/4/2 | Birth of Emperor Charlemagne (Latin: Carolus Magnus meaning Charles the Great) in Aix-la-Chapelle, now Aachen, Germany, king of the Franks 768AD - 814AD. | |
| 800/1/1 | Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor | |
| 810/1/1 | The Welshman Nennius writes "History of the Britons", in which he describes Vortigern, Hengist & Horsa, Ambrosius, and King Arthur & his 12 battles | |
| 814/1/28 | Death of Emperor Charlemagne (Latin: Carolus Magnus meaning Charles the Great) in Aix-la-Chapelle, now Aachen, Germany, king of the Franks 768AD - 814AD. | |
| 1136/1/1 | Geoffrey of Monmouth finishes writing "History of the Kings of Britain", the first "complete" biography of King Arthur: Uther, Ygraine, Gorlois, Bedivere, Kay, Gawain, Gareth, Guinevere, Mordred, Excalibur, Morgan le Fay, and Avalon are introduced. |
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| 1155/1/1 | Wace completes "The Romance of Brutus". He introduces the Round Table into the Arthurian drama. | |
| 1180/1/1 | Chretien de Troyes completes his 5-volume Arthurian saga, in which he introduces new characters, places, and themes: Perceval, Lancelot du Lac, Camelot, the Fisher King, the Grail, and the Bleeding Lance | |
| 1195/1/1 | Robert de Boron completes his Arthurian trilogy. He introduces the legend of the Sword in the Stone. | |
| 1235/1/1 | The anonymous 5-volume "Vulgate Cycle" is completed. Galahad is introduced into the Arthurian legend. | |
| 1977/1/1 | Jack Whyte writes the first version of the "Skystone" poem | |
| 1992/1/1 | First edition of Jack Whyte's novel "The Skystone" published in Canada | |
| 1999/3/17 | Timeline launched on the web site camulod.com | |
| 1999/10/20 | Timeline editing tools completed | |
| 2000/7/29 | Uther editing completed by Jack |
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