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Anderida is an ancient Roman fort at Pevensey, near Eastbourne in Sussex, England. The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Ancient Roman polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Octavian (better known as Caesar Augustus). ... Pevensey is a small village (1991 pop. ... For other places called Eastbourne, see Eastbourne (disambiguation). ... Sussex as a traditional county. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity...


Anderida was built about AD 300 as part of the Saxon Shore. It was repaired, probably by the great Stilicho, about AD 400. After the Norman Conquest, William the Conqueror utilized it for a Norman castle. It was later used as a defensive emplacement in World War II. Its massive Roman enceinte still stands but little damaged. For other uses, see number 300. ... The Saxon Shore is the collective name given to a series of fortifications built along the south-east coast of what is now England, during the latter years of the Roman occupation of Britain. ... Flavius Stilicho (c. ... Events First invasion of Italy by Alaric (probable date). ... Bayeux Tapestry depicting events leading to the Battle of Hastings The Norman Conquest was the conquest of the Kingdom of England by William the Conqueror (Duke of Normandy), in 1066 at the Battle of Hastings and the subsequent Norman control of England. ... William I ( 1027 – September 9, 1087), was King of England from 1066 to 1087. ... Norman may refer to: The Norman language The Norman people Norman architecture, the Romanesque architecture erected by the Normans. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb. ...


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Pevensey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1089 words)
In 491, a Saxon army led by Aelle landed on the south coast west of Kent and besieged Anderida.
For a while the ruined castle was known by the Saxons as Andredceaster and the Weald of southern England which stretched 120 miles from Anderida to Dorset was named Andredsweald or the Forest of Andred.
While England became unified, the fort of Anderida at Pevensey remained abandoned and derelict until 1042, when an Anglo-Saxon noble (Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex - later King Harold II of England) established a strong point here, improving fortifications by digging ditches within the walls of the Roman Fort.
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