Events from the 2nd century in Roman Britain.
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- 108
- Legio IX Hispana last definitely known to be in Britain (at Eboracum (York) in what would eventually be northern England).[1]
- 118
- Governor Quintus Pompeius Falco suppresses a revolt by the Brigantes.[2]
- c. 120
- Car Dyke constructed over newly drained East Anglian Fens.[2]
- 122
- Summer – Emperor Hadrian visits Britain, appoints Aulus Platorius Nepos as governor[2] and orders construction of Hadrian's Wall to begin.[2]
- Construction of forum in Londinium (London) is completed.[2]
- 130
- 139
- Newly appointed Governor Quintus Lollius Urbicus advances to the Clyde-Forth line, reconstructing Corstopitum as a base.[2]
- 142
- Emperor Antoninus Pius orders the construction of the Antonine Wall across the Central Belt of Scotland.[2]
- 154
- Governor Gnaeus Julius Verus suppresses a revolt by the Brigantes.[2]
- Antonine Wall overrun.[2]
- 155
- Fire destroys much of central Verulamium (St Albans).[3]
- 158
- Refortification of Hadrian's Wall begins.[2]
- 160
- Antonine Wall reoccupied.[2]
- 163
- Antonine Wall abandoned. Governor Sextus Calpurnius Agricola rebuilds forts along Hadrian's Wall.[2]
- 175
- 180
- Northern tribes breach Hadrian's Wall and ravage the countryside.[2]
- Governor Ulpius Marcellus launches punitive campaigns to the north.[2]
- 185
- 187
- Pertinax resigns, after becoming unpopular with the army.[2]
- 192
- Clodius Albinus, Governor of Britain, briefly proclaimed Emperor, but instead acquiesces to the rival claim of Septimius Severus.[2]
- 196
- Albinus proclaims himself "Augustus" and invades Gaul, seeking to overthrow Severus.[2]
- 197
- 19 February – Albinus defeated at the Battle of Lugdunum in Gaul; Severus appoints Virius Lupus as governor.[2]
- Maeatae launch raids against Hadrian's Wall.[2]