Timeline Event
Attack on Rohan by Easterlings
Event Type: Military/Strategic
Age: 3rd Age - The Stewards
Year: 2545
Description:
Table of Contents:The Timeline
The Prelude
The Attack
The Aftermath
The Timeline
2545
Eorl falls in battle in the Wold.
[See: Eorl the Young, King of Rohan, slain in the Attack on Rohan by Easterlings]
[See: Brego defeats the Attack on Rohan by Easterlings]
[See: Brego becomes King of Rohan]
The Return of the King, LoTR Appendix B, The Tale of Years
The Prelude
... after the victory of Eorl on the Field of Celebrant in the year 2510 his numerous and warlike people with great wealth of horses swept into Calenardhon, driving out or destroying the eastern invaders. Cirion the Steward gave them possession of Calenardhon.... The Rohirrim at once began the settlement of this region, though during the reign of Eorl their eastern bounds along the Emyn Muil and Anduin were still under attack.
Unfinished Tales, Part 3, Ch 5, The Battles of the Fords of Isen: Appendix
The Attack
2485-2545
1. Eorl the Young. ... his days ... were shortened by a renewed attack of the Easterlings. Eorl fell in battle in the Wold ...
2512-70
2. Brego. He drove the enemy out of the Wold....
The Return of the King, LoTR Appendix A, Annals of the Kings and Rulers: The House of Eorl
The Aftermath
...Rohan was not attacked again for many years.
The Return of the King, LoTR Appendix A, Annals of the Kings and Rulers: The House of Eorl
Contributors:
Elena Tiriel 13Aug04
added links: 8Jan05