Submitted by Taps Coogan on the 26th of August 2018 to The Sounding Line.

As part of our ongoing series of historical video-maps, we present ‘Every Year of the British Isles,’ from Youtube creator Ollie Bye. The following video map begins in 43 AD with the arrival of Roman forces under Emperor Claudius. Over the succeeding decades, Roman forces conquered present day England and Wales but repeatedly failed to subdue present day Scotland, resulting in the construction of Hadrian’s Wall in 122 AD and the Antonine Wall in 142 AD to defend and demarcate Roman territory. The Antonine Wall represented the farthest north extent of the Roman Empire anywhere in Europe. The Roman occupation of Britain continued until 410 AD when the declining Roman Empire removed all troops from the island and locals expelled the remaining magistrates. This period was quickly followed by the Saxon invasions and the establishment of a series of Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms such as Mercia and Wessex. The Kingdom of England emerged from these various Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms in 934 AD and united with Scotland in 1707 to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain. It was followed by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1800 which was succeeded by today’s United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.

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