History: research notes

What does the evidence say?

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  A military tablet preserves a viewpoint, with uncertainties attached

  At 12:15 in Fall of Civilizations

  Sources: Roman Inscriptions of Britain ↗ (external site)

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  An unrecovered hoard does not explain its own burial

  At 19:20 in Fall of Civilizations

  Sources: Art Fund / Portable Antiquities Scheme / British Museum ↗ (external site)

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  Severus’s final campaign ended in Britain

  At 31:10 in Fall of Civilizations

  Sources: Cassius Dio / Loeb Classical Library / LacusCurtius ↗ (external site)

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  Gildas explains his purpose before recounting the collapse

  At 45:50 in Fall of Civilizations

  Sources: Gildas / Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion ↗ (external site)

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  Later DNA evidence separates migration from burial style

  At 50:50 in Fall of Civilizations

  Sources: Nature ↗ (external site)

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  The abandoned cavalry swords belong to an earlier fort

  At 52:40 in Fall of Civilizations

  Sources: Roman Society ↗ (external site)