CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE

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The following symbols are used in this table:
c. = circa approximately.
> means not earlier than.
< means not later than.
$\times$ means that an event took place between two dates.
— means that an event lasted from the first date to the second.
Where the date given in this table differs from that given by Bede, the latter date is generally added in square brackets.

Date.	Foreign Affairs, Popes, &c. (including Ireland).	Britain.
B. C. 59	Lex Vatinia Vatinian Law.
55	Caesar's first invasion of Britain.
54	Caesar's second invasion of Britain.
A. D. 43	Claudius' invasion of Britain.
161	Accession of M. Aurelius.
169	Death of Verus.
> 171	Accession of Eleutherus.
193	Accession of Severus.
284	Accession of Diocletian.
306	Death of Constantius.
325	Council of Nicaea.
378	Death of Valens.
381-2	Council of Constantinople.
395 [394]	Accession of Arcadius.
397 $\times$ 401	Death of St. Martin of Tours.
c. 403	Birth of Prosper of Aquitaine.
407		407. Gratianus and Constantinus emperors in Britain.