Britain AD
King Arthur

Dr Francis Pryor

Britain AD: King Arthur’s Britain

The Roman Invasion

In the year 407, the Emperor Constantine III lead the last few Roman troops from these islands. The Empire that had constructed this wall had crumbled in Britain.

Hadrian's Wall

History books tell us that when the Romans pulled out they took with them all vestiges of civilisation and, effectively, turned out the lights.

The country then fell into centuries of cultural and economic chaos, known as the Dark Ages. All of this would be fine, were it not complete rubbish.

As an archaeologist, I’ve spent my career exploring Britain’s ancient past, and I now believe we’ve misunderstood the early centuries of this country’s history. Instead of a nation crushed, then created by invaders, I’ve found a strong society with the unique and lasting culture.

King Arthur
King Arthur

The Roman colonisation is supposed to have erased the ancient Britons and instigated a troubled period dominated by invasions from superior civilisations, a period whose only hero was a mythical one – the legendary King Arthur, valiantly fighting the invading hordes.

I don’t believe our ancient culture was overwhelmed as easily as that. I’m determined to examine what really happened in this country after the Romans invaded. I’m going to embark on an archaeological journey to uncover hard evidence for the story of Britain in the first centuries of its recorded history – the story of Britain A.D.