Laine Smid
Jan 04, 2016
Laine Smid
Celtic people living in Great Britain
Iron Age- Early Middle Ages
No known invasion
Britons vs Britains Britons were the original Celtic people Britains were mixture of Britons with
other Anglosaxons
Lived throughout Britain South of the Firth of Forth 5th century migration France and Spain
Speakers of the Brythonic languages Entire island of Britain Picts
After Roman Conquest of 43 AD, culture began
British language developed into:
Welsh, Cornish, Breton, and Cumbric
One of most famous is King Arthur
Recorded in every Celtic history of the period
Still debate existance
Intermarried with Romans
Evidence spread across Britain
Varied types of pottery and jewelry
Ancient cities of the Britons
Round Houses
• Forsyth, Katherine (1997). Language in Pictland. De Keltische Draak. ISBN 90-802785-5-6. http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/2081/1/languagepictland.pdf.
• Koch, John T. (2006). Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO.
• http://www.britannia.com/history/pretime.html
• http://www.gallica.co.uk/celts/contents.htm• http://genealogical-gleanings.com/
Britons.htm