Claim: The Wars of the Roses happened in the Common Era.
Evidence: The conflict lasted through many sporadic episodes between 1455 and 1487 ; however , there was fighting before and after this period between the houses.
The Wars of the Roses were a series of wars for control of the throne of England fought between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet : the House of Lancaster -LRB- associated with a red rose -RRB- , and the House of York -LRB- whose symbol was a white rose -RRB-.
Common Era or Current Era -LRB- CE -RRB- is a year-numbering system -LRB- calendar era -RRB- for the Julian and Gregorian calendars that refers to the years since the start of this era , i.e. , since AD 1.