| 100 BC |
An Iron Age hilltop fort overlooks the expanding Avon Valley
A Palace is built under the hilltop fort at the River Avons edge |
| 300 AD |
A Roman Villa is Built at Dun Ton. Downton |
| 402 |
Roman Legions withdraw from Britain |
| 430 |
Llyr Merini born. Welsh borders |
| 438 |
Ambrosious Aureleanus born, brother to Llyr Merini |
| 445 |
Llyr Merini takes over defence of Winchester
Cerdic born. Son of Llyr Merini (Uther) and Igraine of Tintagel |
| 446 |
Cerdic under care of Llyr Merini and Ector at Downton |
| 450 |
Vortigern Bretwalda - King of Kings recruits Saxons Hengist and Horsa |
| 455 |
Cerdic suffers polio - one arm handicap. "Cured" by St Germanus. |
| 455 |
Hengist and Horsa rebel against Vortigern. Horsa killed. |
| 456 |
Vortigern marries Hengists daughter, secedes Caent |
| 456 |
Ambrosius Aureleanus takes control of a fractious Britain |
| 460 |
Cerdic - Artor - Boy King - begins his warrior trade
Cerdic becomes a warrior leader with Ambrosius Aureleanus
Uses Downton as his homeland base |
| 464 |
Cerdic also serves as maritime leader and trader with the continent under Llyr Merini at Winchester |
| 465 |
Cerdic marries Guinere sister of Cador Duke of Cornwall |
| 470 |
Cerdic campaigns with and for AA in France - Loire and Burgundy |
| 470 |
Natan, Merini's brother takes over from Cerdic in control at Downton |
| 472 |
Cerdic becomes King of Nantes and Vannes |
| 477 |
Aella a Saxon lands with 3 sons - Caent |
| 479 |
Aella kills Ochta and controls Caent
Night of 1000 knives. Many Britons slewn. |
| 480 |
Cerdic returns to retrieve a falling empire as Llyr Merini is ill
Creoda his eldest son is left in charge in France
Cerdic allies with AA across the country as required |
| 485 |
Cerdic defeats Aella who was encroaching from Caent |
| 485 |
Natan from Downton continues as a fractious neighbour to Cerdic
Cerdic has a son Cynric |
| 488 |
Cerdic continues French and British duties. |
| 495 |
Cerdic returns and brings the core of his army from France and takes over from Ambrosius as Dux Bellorum battle leader
Natan usurped from his southern New Forest territory by Cerdic |
| 498 |
Cador of Cornwall dies |
| 501 |
Port arrives with son Bida |
| 508 |
Ambrosious Aurielanus dies, poisoned. |
| 519 |
Cerdic attacks Natan who is killed at Cerdics Ford |
| 520 |
Cerdic consolidates his territory, enforcing peace and extending influence. Cerdic takes Old Sarum and controls Gewissae.
Cerdic becomes Bretwalda - King of Kings - King of Wessex |
| 534 |
Stuf and Wigter into control of Isle of Wight |
| 535 |
Cerdic dies at Mount Badon |
| 535 |
Guinere becomes Abbess of Amesbury |