KS3 The Decline and Fall of Roman Empire
in Britain 410AD Workshop

Areas Covered East Anglia and Midlands

2010 is the 1600th anniversary of the end of Roman rule in Britain. To mark this significant event, Portals to the Past are offering an end of Empire workshop to enlighten KS3 students about this fascinating, if under represented period of our past.

The collapse of the economy across the Empire.

Barbarians hired to serve in Roman Army.

Goths sack Rome.

Honorius letter of 410AD

British warlords hiring mercenaries, the Angles, Saxons and Jutes.

Mercenaries taking control and settling.

The abandonment of Roman towns and cities and a return to rural subsistence economy.

Photos courtesy of Andy Pilkington and Linda Morphew

All workshop leaders are members of Britannia, the 5th century re-enactment group.