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The history of the British Isles from the end of the most recent ice age to the formation of the united Anglo-Saxon kingdom forms several stages and covers a good deal of conflict. It starts with the Early Cultures which appear prior to the Iron Age. Then the Celtic occupation of Prydein leads up to the Roman incursions and the creation of Roman Britain.

The ascendancy of Wessex remained with subsequent kings, although the Scandinavian kingdom of York proved to be a continual source of distraction until it fell to King Eadred in 954. He now ruled a definitively united kingdom. The early Anglo-Saxon kings still had their powerbase in Wessex, and still spent much of their time there but, now that they had a far greater domain, Wessex became ...

80 - 84: The Roman Governor of Britain leads two invading columns into Lowland Scotland, The force sets up permanent garrisons in its wake. In AD 81 the Forth-Clyde line is secured, perhaps slightly south of the later Antonine Wall. The following year, the Romans secure the western coast up to the Clyde to contain the tribesmen there (the Damnonii, Selgovae, and Novantae) and perhaps prevent ...

The 'British Sauveterrian' existed in the west of England, with those industries which exhibited the clearest affinities with the continental Sauveterrian occurring in the west and in Wales.Strangely no examples have been identified in southern and eastern England, making its appearance farther west a bit of a mystery.

Middel Seaxe (Middle Saxons / Middlesex) Incorporating the Geddingas, Gillingas, Gumeningas, & Mimmas. Groups of Saxons migrated across the North Sea throughout the second half of the fifth century, perhaps coming in successive waves. Moving westwards up the Thames along with groups which were already forming the Thames Valley Saxons, the Middle Saxons apparently detached themselves from this ...

1999年4月1日 · Coel Hen is a familiar figure in many ancient Welsh genealogies. Most of the Romano-British kings of the north of Britain could trace their descent from him in one form or another, as could many Welsh kings (or at least, these descents were later ascribed to those later kings, mainly in order to make them look more important).

1999年4月1日 · 408. With both Roman legions withdrawn, Britain endures devastating attacks by the Picts, Scots, and Saxons . 409. Prosper, in his chronicle, says, 'in the fifteenth year of Honorius and Arcadius (409), on account of the languishing state of the Romans, the strength of the Britons was brought to a desperate pass'.

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