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Celtic Britons
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ancient Celtic people who lived in Great Britain from the Iron Age through the Roman and Sub-Roman periods
Celtic Britons were ancient Celtic people who lived in what is now Great Britain, from the Iron Age through the Roman and Sub-Roman periods. They matter because they represent the early indigenous population of Britain whose languages, culture, and societies shaped the island before and during some of its most transformative historical eras.
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- Ancient Celts
- Image
- Britain.south.peoples.Ptolemy.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Celtic Britons
- different from
- British
- owner of
- Bamburgh Castle
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Encyclopedic overview
Great Britain and adjacent islands in the 5th century, before the invasion and subsequent founding of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms: Mainly (non-Pictish) Brittonic areas
Mainly Pictish areas
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Celtic Britons” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.