sub-Roman Britain

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Sub-Roman Britain was the transitional period in Britain between the end of Roman rule and the early Middle Ages, marked by political fragmentation, cultural change, and the emergence of post-Roman kingdoms.

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
post-Roman period ⓘ
appliesToTerritory former Roman province of Britannia ⓘ
island of Great Britain ⓘ
endTime early 7th century ⓘ
follows Roman Britain ⓘ
hasAlternativeName late antique Britain ⓘ
post-Roman Britain ⓘ
linked to: sub-Roman Britain
hasCause collapse of Western Roman imperial authority in Britain ⓘ
withdrawal of Roman administration from Britain ⓘ
hasCharacteristic archaeological visibility through material culture changes ⓘ
continuity of some Roman institutions ⓘ
cultural change ⓘ
economic decline in some regions ⓘ
emergence of post-Roman kingdoms ⓘ
limited written sources ⓘ
mixture of Roman and indigenous traditions ⓘ
political fragmentation ⓘ
regional diversity ⓘ
hasDebate chronology of political fragmentation ⓘ
extent of Roman cultural continuity ⓘ
historicity of figures such as King Arthur ⓘ
scale of Anglo-Saxon migration ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Brittonic-speaking population ⓘ
Irish settlers in western Britain ⓘ
Picts in northern Britain ⓘ
Romano-British elites ⓘ
incoming Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
hasLanguage Brittonic ⓘ
Vulgar Latin (declining) ⓘ
linked to: Vulgar Latin

early Old English (in eastern and southeastern regions) ⓘ
hasProcess Anglo-Saxon settlement in eastern and southern Britain ⓘ
Christianization of western and northern Britain ⓘ
continuation of some Roman-style pottery and metalwork traditions ⓘ
decline of urban life in many areas ⓘ
formation of early medieval British kingdoms ⓘ
shift towards rural, villa and hillfort-based settlement ⓘ
hasRegion Alt Clut ⓘ
Cornwall ⓘ
Dumnonia ⓘ
Elmet ⓘ
Gwynedd ⓘ
Kent (early post-Roman phase) ⓘ
Powys ⓘ
Rheged ⓘ
Strathclyde ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
western Britain ⓘ
hasReligion Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
residual Roman pagan practices ⓘ
hasSource Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (retrospective entries) ⓘ
Bede’s Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum ⓘ
Gildas’s De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae ⓘ
archaeological evidence from sites across Britain ⓘ
hasStartEvent end of Roman rule in Britain ⓘ
partOf history of Britain ⓘ
precedes early Middle Ages in Britain ⓘ
startTime early 5th century ⓘ
timePeriodOverlaps Late Antiquity ⓘ
Migration Period in Europe ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King Arthur → timePeriod → sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
King Arthur's Britain → hasTimePeriod → sub-Roman Britain (legendary) ⓘ
linked to: sub-Roman Britain
Arthurian legend → timeOfSetting → sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
Uther Pendragon → timePeriod → sub-Roman Britain (legendary) ⓘ
linked to: sub-Roman Britain
Igraine → timePeriodOfLegend → sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
sub-Roman Britain → hasAlternativeName → post-Roman Britain ⓘ
linked to: sub-Roman Britain
Roman Britain → followedBy → Sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
linked to: sub-Roman Britain
Logres → timeInFiction → sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
subject linked to: Logres (legendary kingdom)
Battle of Camlann → timePeriod → sub-Roman Britain (legendary setting) ⓘ
linked to: sub-Roman Britain
Battle of Deorham → combatant → Brittonic kingdoms of western Britain ⓘ
linked to: sub-Roman Britain
Battle of Deorham → era → Sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
linked to: sub-Roman Britain
Cynric of Wessex → historicalRegion → sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
Ceawlin of Wessex → era → Sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
linked to: sub-Roman Britain
Kingdom of Dyfed → partOf → sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
Historia Brittonum → timePeriodDescribed → sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
Aurelius Ambrosius → associatedPeriod → sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
soldiers of Coroticus → country → Sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
linked to: sub-Roman Britain
Coroticus → countryOfCitizenship → Sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
linked to: sub-Roman Britain
Coroticus → historicalContext → Sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
linked to: sub-Roman Britain
Brittonic → timeDepth → Sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
linked to: sub-Roman Britain
Saint Illtyd → timePeriod → Sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
linked to: sub-Roman Britain
Brycheiniog → partOf → sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
Titus Pullo (King Arthur) → setting → sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
subject linked to: Titus Pullo in King Arthur
Dumnonia → timePeriod → sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
Elmet → locatedIn → sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
Camlan → timePeriod → sub-Roman Britain (legendary setting) ⓘ
linked to: sub-Roman Britain
Camlann → hasEra → sub-Roman Britain (legendary setting) ⓘ
subject linked to: Camlann (Welsh: Camlan)
linked to: sub-Roman Britain
Britain (legendary) → timeOfSetting → sub-Roman Britain (mythicized) ⓘ
linked to: sub-Roman Britain
Camblan → timePeriodInFiction → sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
Maes Gwyddno → timeOfMythicSetting → sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
History of Wales → coversPeriod → post-Roman Wales ⓘ
linked to: sub-Roman Britain
Kingdom of Ceredigion → era → Sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
linked to: sub-Roman Britain
Saxon conquest of Wessex → country → sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
Saint Gwynllyw → partOf → sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
Ceaulin → historicalRegion → post-Roman Britain ⓘ
linked to: sub-Roman Britain
House of Dyfed → historicalRegion → Sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
linked to: sub-Roman Britain
Vortiporius → partOf → Sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
linked to: sub-Roman Britain