A Chronological of Celtic Wales

               (Some dates may be incorrect or a few years out)


AD210

The emperor Severus constructed the great rampart in the north to frustrate the irruptions of the Irish Picts and the Lochlynians.

AD218

All the reptiles, cattle and horses of Britain died in consequence of wet seasons, and sickly temperature of the atmosphere.

AD220

A severe frost occurred which caused numerous deaths, among persons and animals, through the intensity of the cold.

AD240

A severe sickness prevailed: and many died of the pestilence.

AD242

Caerlleon upon Usk was rebuilt of stone and mortar, which previously had been constructed of weed, but it was burnt down many times in contests.

AD250

A severe frost took place and a great morality among animals and smaller reptiles ensued. The following summer a great dearth occurred, through which deaths became prevalent among inhabitants.

AD260

Bath was built by the Romans, which caused fighting between them and the Britons, in which a great many of the latter were killed.

AD269

The sky appeared as if on fire, so that the light at night became as vivid as that of day, for nine days; after which and intense heat came on; and general want of water and wells.

AD272

A severe famine prevailed, until it became indispensably necessary to depend on aliens and invaders for all the means of subsistence. The next year a great morality took place among the population caused by diseases that had remained among them from the time of the previous scarcity; during which, people were obliged to make bread of the rinds of holly, willow and elm and also if fern-root; all of which were in sufficient to satisfy hunger. So severe was this famine that it became necessary to till the ground and plough for corn; the cattle and other beasts having nearly all consumed its continuance.

AD290

Romans were sparingly slain by the Cambro-Britons, for having violently and tyrannically taken away their wives and children, but they rescued them, and recovered also their lands.

AD291

A severe winter and tremendous frost occurred; so that many of the rivers became quite frozen, and the birds died in the woods.

AD293

Schools were established to promote civilization in all the British towns; and protecting privileges were conferred on the municipal and domestic arts.

AD294

Irish Picts, who had migrated from Beitwy (Balavia or Poitou), were slain; and in the same year, the battle and the rebuilding of London took place.

AD297

The battle of Aberllychwr (Loughor place not known) took place where the Romans were slain; after the battles of Carmarthen and Caer Gynvarwy in Dyfed were fought.

AD300

The Battle of Llwydcoed (place not known), Caerdrynau (place not known) and Worcester happened: and in the following year those of Caerworgorn (the Caergourcon of Nennius was the ancient name of Llantwit Major), Caerwent and Gloucester were fought.

AD307

A great pestilence prevailed arising from the bodies of those who had fallen in different battles; and a fearful number of full grown males and females died in consequence, together with more than half the children of the Island. In consequence of which, the invasion of Irish Picts took place in the north, and that of the pike bearing Irish and Lochlynians in Anglesca, Arvon and the Commot.

AD314

Scarcity and famine took place, the Irish and Lochlynians spoiled the corn lands wherever they went, under the protection of the Romans, who thus avenged their failure to subject the British population to their own will and pleasure. The invaders also destroyed all the beasts that were found in their course.

AD320

A land flood and a raging sea-deluge happened simultaneously in the north, so that considerable portions of land along the German Ocean were inundated; and a great number of persons with many cattle drowned.

AD331

Sea and land floods occurred coincidently when the territory if Helig the son of Glynog of Tyno Helig was inundated and irrecoverably lost. This territory lay between the estuary of the river Clwyd in Arvon and that of the bank in the North Sea. (The mouth of the river which is Clwyd and Beaumaris Bay).

AD335

A dreadful famine prevailed whereof more than half the British population died, so that the Romans subjugated the whole Island from sea to sea, in all directions, and slew forty thousand of the Irish Picts in the north.

AD338

The Cambro-Britons recovered Caerlleon upon Usk in celebration of which event they held a festival there and the triumphal rejoicings continued for forty days.

AD339

Many of the Irish banditti were taken and burnt alive. For their treacherous conduct in contravention of all pacific treaties and solemn ratifications about the same time immunities were conferred on husbandry, ploughing for corn, and the culture of fruit trees which were brought from Italy and Spain; and in the same year marshes in Gwynedd and Ceredigion were over whelmed by the sea.

AD340

Wind and water mills were first erected in Cambria where previously only hand mills were known.

AD353

Marshes in Gwynedd and Ceredigion were lost in consequence of an astonishing sea flood augmented by heavy and simultaneous land flood through which many municipal places were destroyed.

AD380

A tremendous storm happened and houses and corn were extensively burnt. About these times the Emperor Constantine governed in Britain and protected Christianity from such as were hostile to it. He was the best and most religious of all emperors; Elen the daughter of Coel Godebog, Supreme Sovereign of Britain. His mother who discovered the Holy Cross under a heap of stones (Cairn) that was thrown upon it by the infidels Jews and Pagans.”
The Jews appear to have had a custom by which they attempted to desecrate the Holy Cross and their cruel crucifixion of our Saviour”. About this period Morien Ddysg (Morienic learning) the son of Argad the Bard flourished and he was the most learned of any in the world. He denied baptism and the sacrifice of the body of Christ: whence arose grate hatred contentions and wars. Morien’s delusion constituted one of the three diprivationary delusions of the Island of Britain:
The first of which was the delusion of Urb Luyddawg (of the great army) of Lochlyn who took away nearly all who could bear arms and fight in Britain, leading them to destruction through the countries about the Dead Sea.
The second delusion was that of Morien through which Baptism and Sacrifice ceased in Britain, where the whole population became un-baptized Jews.
The third delusion was that of Gwydion the son of Don, in north Cambria (Gwynedd) who obtained through deception a title to the crown and dominion of Anglesea,
Arvon and the Cammot, from the Roman Emperor. Also they expelled the Cambrian nation from their possession, which he bestowed on the Irish and Lochlynians.

AD382

A tremendously high wind occurred again, when the Irish Picts set fire to wings of wild birds in the north by which means many houses, barns, and corn stacks were burnt.

AD383

Around this Cymry was mentioned.

AD383

Magnus Maximus (the Marcen Weldig of Welsh tradition) who may have been the “Dux Britanniarum” began his campaign to dethrone Gratian, the ruler of the West. He had some success: Gratian was killed and Magnus ruled the greater part of the Western Empire until he in turn was killed by the Emperor Theodosius at Aquileia in north-western Italy on 28thJuly 388.
That of Maxen Wledig, or Maximus the Usurper, he is held to have married Elen daughter of Eudaf a pretty prince in Arfon, and Aurelius Ambrosius probably claimed descent from Maximus. From the same family came Rhydderch Hael, the prince who established himself supreme over the Cumbrian Britons also Ynyr Gwent, prince of Gwent who resided at Caerwent. This family would seem to have represented the Romano-British civilisation the pedigree has been disturbed by confounding Elen, the wife of Maxen with St Helena the wife of Constantius and mother of Constantine the Great.
Emyr Llydaw from Amorica (France) the welsh dynasty derive Emyr from Cynan son of Eudafand brother of Elen wife of Maximus, this is certainly imaginary, Only we really know about Emyr is an account of an usurpation by one of his sons, the others had to come from Amorica (France) to take refuge in South Wales where they were received well by Meurig (king of Glamorgan) who gave several daughters in marriage. The Bretons pretend that this eldest son who sent his brothers away was Llywel or Heol “the Great”. From Emyr proceeded some men of great mark as St. Samson, St. Padarn, and by daughters St Cadfan and St. Winwaloe.

AD390

Or thereabouts the Emperor Constantine patronized Christianity and Bishop Martin resisted the delusion of Morien in Italy and Britain, introducing baptism and sacrifice as inculcated by the Apostle Paul, who in his charge of the Bishops and clergy said “Let every person , throughout the world, be baptized in the name of the Father of Heaven and in the name of the Son of his Grace and in the name of the Holy Ghost, who like the rays of the Sun, communicates the Light of God wherever he enters, and where ever the Heart and Conscience may be open to receive him and the Holy Ghost impregnated the Blessed Virgin before the time of her marriage whereupon she conceived the Son of God who is Jesus Christ, the son of Grace who despoiled hell, conveying the Five Ages (successive ended with Noah, Abraham, David, Daniel and John the Baptist) of the world from the thraldom of the Devil to Paradise, where they still remain and ever blessed is he who shall be admitted among them.”

AD394

Cunedda came from the north from the defence of the wall, which had been seated in the ancient Roman Valentia. This family is said to have expelled the Gwyddyl from Gwynedd, Ceredigion and Mon and to have occupied Merioneth, Osweilion and Denbigh. Cunedda establishes the first dynasty of Gwynedd from this the royal line which only came to an end with the last Llewelyn from this family came these important saints, Dewi and Teilo. Note:
Written by Taliesin he calls Cunedda “a chief of lion aspect”. We know that he was terrible in war; there is a trembling from of fear of Cunedda the burner. When he rode, his escort was a troop of 900 horses, and about him he wore a golden belt, this belt was worn by the Roman leader of the Britons; he knew how to unite different tribes and once attacked in Wales.