Sub-Roman Britain is the period of late antiquity in Great Britain between the end of Roman rule and the Anglo-Saxon settlement. The term was originally used to describe archaeological remains found in 5th- and 6th-century AD sites that hinted at the decay of locally made wares from a previous higher standard under the Roman Empire .

Sub-Roman Britain is a term derived from an archaeologists' label for the material culture of Britain in Late Antiquity. "Sub-Roman" was invented to describe the pottery shards in sites of the fifth century and the sixth century, initially with an implication of decay of locally-made wares from a higher standard under the Roman Empire .

Gaining their independence from Rome, the sub-Roman Britons created a culture that was a unique hybrid of Roman, native "Celtic," and Christian elements. These first two centuries of the Early Middle Ages also gave birth to medieval kingdoms …

Sub-Roman Britain is the name given to Britain after the Roman legions left. It usually means the time between 410 AD and the beginning of the seventh century. After four centuries of controlling Britain, the Romans left Roman Britain at the beginning of the fifth century.

The numismatic and ceramic evidence are not only indicators of date; they also provide important clues about the sub-Roman economy in Britain and its relationship to that of Rome's other former provinces.

Gaining their independence from Rome, the sub-Roman Britons created a culture that was a unique hybrid of Roman, native "Celtic," and Christian elements. These first two centuries of the Early Middle Ages also gave birth to medieval kingdoms …

Aug 21, 2013 · In this post, I am going to provide some additional information about third and fourth century Roman Britain and period following the departure of the last Roman legionaries, referred to by historians and archaeologists as Sub-Roman Britain.

Pages in category "Sub-Roman Britain" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.

of the political history of fifth- and sixth-century Britain. Before pro. sources taken as a whole. Inevitably the most important question, the one which has chiefly exer cised historians, is the nature of the military crises of these two centuries. Both centuries are politically dark, and the sixth—it might seem—rather more so than the fifth.

The most developed vision of a ‘big’ sub-Roman Britain, with control over its own political and military destiny for well over a century, is that of Kenneth Dark,32 who has argued that Britain should not be divided during the fifth, and even the bulk of the sixth, century into ‘British’ and ‘Anglo-Saxon’ cultural and/or political ...