Emperor
Authors: Stephen Baxter
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EMPEROR
TIME’S TAPESTRY: 1
EMPEROR
TIME’S TAPESTRY: 1
Stephen Baxter
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Baxter, Stephen
Emperor / Stephen Baxter.
p. cm.—(Time’s tapestry; bk.1)
ISBN: 1-4295-0254-1
1. Great Britain—History—Roman period, 55 B.C.–449 A.D.—Fiction. [1. Romans—Great Britain—Fiction.] I. Title.
PR6052.A849E47 2007
823'.914—dc22
2006049924
Contents
Place names:
Banna, Birdoswald
Caledonia, Scotland
Camulodunum, Colchester
Durovernum, Canterbury
Eburacum, York
Dolaucothi
Londinium, London
Mona, Anglesey
Rutupiae, Richborough
Tamesis, R Thames
Sabrina, R Severn
Tinea, R Tyne
Ituna, R Solway
Cantiaci River, R Medway
Gesoriacum, Boulogne
Massilia, Marseilles
Principal British Nations:
Atrebates
Brigantia
Catuvellauni
Cantiaci
Durotriges
Iceni
Ordovices
Silures
Timeline
55-54BC | | Julius Caesar’s expeditions to Britain |
4BC | | Birth of Nectovelin |
c.AD38 | | Death of Cunobelin |
AD43 | | Invasion of Britain by Claudius |
AD51 | | Defeat of Caratacus |
AD60-61 | | Revolt of Boudicca |
AD69-71 | | Brigantian civil war and annexation |
AD77-84 | | Agricola’s campaigns in Scotland |
AD122 | | Hadrian in Britain; construction of Wall begins |
AD193-197 | | Britain under the rule of Clodius Albinus |
AD208-211 | | Campaigns of Severus in Scotland |
AD259-274 | | Britain under the rule of the Gallic Emperors |
AD287-296 | | Britain under the rule of Carausias and Allectus |
AD296 | | Invasion of Britain by Constantius Chlorus |
AD306 | | Constantine the Great elevated in Britain |
AD312 | | Constantine’s defeat of Maxentius in the west |
AD314 | | Constantine raises troops in Britain for war with the east |
AD324 | | Constantine sole emperor, Constantinople founded |
AD337 | | Death of Constantine |
AD350 | | Magnentius proclaimed emperor in Britain |
AD367 | | The Barbarian Conspiracy |
AD378 | | Roman defeat by Visigoths at Adrianopolis |
AD383 | | Magnus Maximus proclaimed emperor in Britain |
AD407 | | Constantine III proclaimed emperor in Britain |
AD409 | | British Revolution; formal end of Roman rule in Britain |
AD418 | | Excommunication of Pelagius |
Note on Measurements
1 Roman foot = 0.96 modern foot = 11.5 modern inches (292 mm)
1 Roman mile = 0.96 modern mile = 1686 modern yards (1.54 km)
Oraculum Nectovelinium
(The Prophecy of Nectovelin, 4BC)
Aulaeum temporum te involvat, puer, at libertas habes:
Cano ad tibi de memoriam atque posteritam,
Omni gentum et omni deorum, imperatori tres erunt.
Nomabitur vir Germanicus cum oculum hyalum;
Scandabit equos enormes quam domuum dentate quasi gladio.
Tremefacabit caelum, erit filius Romulum potens
Atque graeculus parvus erit. Nascitur deus iuvenus.
Ruabit Roma cervixis islae in laqueui cautei.
Emergabit in Brigantio, exaltabitur in Romae.
Pudor! comprecabit deum servi, sed ispe apparebit deum.
Ecclesiam marmori moribundi fiet complexus imperii.
Reminisce! Habemus has verita et sunt manifesta:
Indico: omnis humanitas factus aequus sunt,
Rebus civicum dati sunt ab architecto magno,
Et sunt vita et libertas et venatus felicitae.
O puer! involvaris in aulaeum temporum, fere!