When Exactly Does ‘The War of the Rohirrim’ Take Place?
The opening sequence, depicting Bilbo Baggins' (Ian Holm) 111th birthday, takes place in T.A. 3001, but it’s only in T.A. 3018 thatFrodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) leaves the Shire with the One Ring. Image via Warner Bros. According to these dates,The War of the Rohirrimshould be set either in T.A. 2818 or in T.A. 2835, using simple mathematics. The thing is,they don’t align with Tolkien’s own established timeline. According to his writings in the appendixes of theLord of the Rings books, Helm Hammerhand dies in T....