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Years: 38 39 40 41 42 - 43 - 44 45 46 47 48
Events The Roman conquest of Britain begins. The Romans defeat Britons led by Caratacus The Romans found the cities of London, then known as Londinium, and Peterborough. The Romans begin to construct a road that later becomes Ermine Street. In Coptic Christianity, Mark the Evangelist becomes the first Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria. Roman emperor Claudius is also a Roman Consul for a second year. Pomponius Mela, Roman geographer, writes De situ orbis libri (probable date). Warfare begins between the northern and southern Huns. Births Deaths
