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Anderitum was a Saxon Shore Fort in the Roman province of Britannia. It is located at grid reference TQ645047 in eastern Pevensey in the English county of East Sussex and was later converted into a medieval castle known as Pevensey Castle. The branches of the Roman military at the highest level were the Roman army and the Roman navy. ... The Roman army is the set of land-based military forces employed by the Roman Kingdom, Roman republic and later Roman empire as part of the Roman military. ... This is a list of both unit types and ranks of the Roman army from the Roman Republic to the fall of the Roman Empire. ... 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Roman fort

It was built by the Romans during a time when Britain was still part of the Roman Empire. Recent dendochronological dating of wooden foundation piles have dated this to AD 290. At this time the south and east of the province Britannia were under constant attack from marauding barbarian tribes, namely the Jutes and Saxons. The south and eastern seaboards of Britannia were collectively known as 'the Saxon Shore' and several large forts were built to defend it. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The growth rings of an unknown tree species, at Bristol Zoo, England Pinus taeda Cross section showing annual rings, Cheraw, South Carolina Pine stump showing growth rings Dendrochronology or tree-ring dating is the method of scientific dating based on the analysis of tree-ring growth patterns. ... Events Jin Hui Di succeeds Jin Wu Di as emperor of China Births Pachomius, Christian monk (approximate date) Deaths Categories: 290 ... Britannia on a 2005 £2 coin. ... Look up Barbarian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Jutland peninsula The Jutes were a Germanic people who are believed to have originated from Jutland in modern Denmark and part of the Frisian coast. ... Map showing the Saxons homeland in traditional region bounded by the three rivers: Weser, Eider, and Elbe Src: Freemans Historical Geographys. The Saxons or Saxon people are (nowadays) part of the German people with its main areas of settlements in the German States of Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony, Saxony...

The fort was built on what was then an uninhabited peninsula of land rising above the coastal marshes. The sea washed over what is now Pevensey Marshes surrounding Anderida on three sides, so giving a safe and sheltered landing point. This marshy inlet of the sea, extending inland as far as Hailsham, was studded with small areas of high land which remained as islands at high tide so giving the place-names of Rickney, Horse Eye, North Eye and Pevensey. All are derived from the Old English word 'eye' meaning island. Statistics Population: 19,658 (2001 Census) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TQ590095 Administration District: Wealden Shire county: East Sussex Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: East Sussex Historic county: East Sussex Services Police force: Sussex Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: South...

The fort was repaired, probably by the great Roman General Stilicho, about AD 400. The massive Roman enceinte still stands but little damaged. Flavius Stilicho (occasionally written as Stilico) (c. ... Events First invasion of Italy by Alaric (probable date). ... Enceinte (Lat. ...

Saxon fort

The sub-Roman Brythons apparently occupied the fort in 491, though whether this was part of a long term residency or a temporary one necessitated by Saxon raids is unclear. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that they were massacred there by King Aelle of Sussex in that year. Sub-Roman Britain is a term derived from an archaeologists label for the material culture of Britain in Late Antiquity. ... Brython and Brythonic are terms which refer to indigenous, pre-Roman, Celtic speaking inhabitants of most of the island of Great Britain, and their cultures and languages, the Brythonic languages. ... Ælle sieges and conquers the fortified town of Anderida in England. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals narrating the history of the Anglo-Saxons and their settlement in Great Britain. ... Ælle was king of the South Saxons from 477 to perhaps as late as 514, and was named Bretwalda by Bede, who adds that he was overlord of the English south of the Humber river. ...

The site was next occupied in 1042, when the Anglo-Saxon Earl of Wessex, Harold Godwinson (later King Harold II) established a strong point here, improving fortifications by digging ditches within the walls of the Roman fort. The English army remained at the fort during the summer of 1066 before abandoning it to meet the invading Norwegians further north. Events April 18/April 19 - Emperor Michael V of the Byzantine Empire attempts to remain sole Emperor by sending his adoptive mother and co-ruler Zoe of Byzantium to a monastery. ... The famous parade helmet found at Sutton Hoo, probably belonging to King Raedwald of East Anglia circa 625. ... The Earl of Wessex is an Earl in the English and later British nobility. ... Name Harold Godwinson Lived c. ... Events January 6 - Harold II is crowned September 20 - Battle of Fulford September 25 - Battle of Stamford Bridge September 29 - William of Normandy lands in England at Pevensey. ...

Later castle

Main article: Pevensey Castle

After the Saxon defeat at the Battle of Hastings, the Normans briefly used the fort as a temporary camp before it was converted into a castle around 1100. Occupation continued until the Elizabethan era. Pevensey Castle is a castle at Pevensey, near Eastbourne in Sussex, England. ... // Combatants Normans supported by: Bretons, Aquitanians, Flemings, French Anglo-Saxons Commanders William of Normandy, Odo of Bayeux Harold Godwinson † Strength 7,000-8,000 7,000-8,000 Casualties Unknown, thought to be around 2,000 killed and wounded Unknown, but significantly more than the Normans The Battle of Hastings... Norman conquests in red. ... Balmoral Castle, Scotland. ... Events William II of England dies in a hunting accident - Henry I becomes King of England King Henry I proclaims the Charter of Liberties, one of the first examples of a constitution. ... Elizabethan redirects here. ...

References

• Peers, Charles (1985). Pevensey Castle. London: English Heritage.