The Roman time in Scotland was a sporadic series of military engagements and brief occupations to stop raids into Roman England. No towns were built, and the limited engagements were to protect the frontier. As in Germany, a series of frontiers were built – The Gask Ridge from Dunblane to Perth, the Antonine Wall and Hadrian’s Wall
AGRICOLA 79 AD
Julius Agricola launched his campaign in the north in the AD 70s. By both land and sea, it took only seven years for him to take control of much of Scotland. Some forts were built along what would later become the Antonine Wall, while others were built along the Gask Ridge in Perthshire.
83AD Julius Agricola invades Northern Scotland
84 AD Battle of Mons Graupius.
88 AD Inchtuthil fortress west of Blairgowrie is abandoned and the Romans withdraw south.
98 AD Cornelius Tacitus first writes down his account of the Roman invasion.
122 AD Start of the construction of Hadrian’s Wall after disturbances at the beginning of the century.
ANTONINUS PIUS 142 AD
Antonine Wall constructed on orders of Antoninus Pius. Cramond Fort Built
165 AD Antonine Wall abandoned four years after the death of Antoninus Pius. Troops return to Hadrian’s Wall.
SEPTIMUS SEVERUS 208 AD
Roman Emperor Septimius Severus launches the last campaign intended to conquer Scotland
211 AD Scotland abandoned again by the Romans after Septimius Severus dies in York.
CONSTANTIUS 305 AD
New Roman punitive campaigns against the Caledonians. Constantius leads a military campaign in Scotland, reaching the end of the land. Constantius dies at York and his son, Constantine, is declared Emperor.
Count Theodosius 367 AD
The final punitive raids into Scotland.
ROMANS LEAVE BRITAIN 411AD
Roman central government and military support in Britain unravelled in the early fifth century; AD 410 is conventionally used as the end of Roman rule, although the process was not a single orderly withdrawal of all troops on one date.
