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THE ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE.


An. xlvii. (xlvi.) In this year Claudius, second of the Roman kings, sought the land of Britain, and took under his sway the greatest part of the island; and in like manner subjected the Orkney islands to the kingdom of the Romans. This was in the fourth year of his reign; and in this same year was the great famine in Syria, which Luke recounts, in the book of the Acts of the Apostles, through Agabus the prophet. Then Nero succeeded to the empire after Claudius, who almost lost Britain through his sloth. Mark the Evangelist begins to write the Gospel in Egypt.

An. xlviii. (xlvii.) In this year there was a very severe famine.

An. xlix. In this year Nero began to reign.

An. l. In this year Paul was sent bound to Rome.

An. li. lxi.

An. lxii. In this year James, the brother of the Lord, suffered (martyrdom).

An. lxiii. In this year Mark the Evangelist died.

An. lxiv. lxviii.

An. lxix. (lxviii.) In this year Peter and Paul suffered.

An. lxx. In this year Vespasian succeeded to the empire.

An. lxxi. In this year Titus, son of Vespasian, slew in Jerusalem c.xi. thousand Jews.

An. lxxii. lxxx.

An. lxxxi. In this year Titus succeeded to the empire after Vespasian, who said that he lost the day on which he did no good.

An. lxxxii., lxxiii. (lxxii.)

An. lxxxiv, (lxxiii.) In this year Domitian, Titus' brother, succeeded to the empire.


An. xlvi. In this year Claudius the emperor came to Britain, and subdued a great part of the island, and also added the island of Orkney to the Roman power.[1]

An. xlvii. In this year Claudius, king of the Romans, went with an army into Britain, and reduced the island, and subjected all the Picts and Welsh to the dominion of the Romans.[2]

An. lxix. In this year Peter suffered on the cross, and Paul was slain (beheaded).[3]

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