CLT 2170 Lecture Notes - Roman Britain, Cruthin, Marseille
21 Nov 2013
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Celtic britain before the romans, britain during the roman occupation: All of the early evidence points to the 5th century ad as the time in which the putative arthur may have lived (none of this evidence is contemporary to the time he may have lived) In the classical period (roman, greek, egyptian), the word celt was used mainly for the european speakers of a celtic language. The word was never apparently used to refer to the populations of britain and. Only in the late 17th century ad did people begin to refer to them as celts. This is mainly because the languages were seen as related to the european languages of france, spain. Therefore these people were at the very edge of the celtic world mostly throughout european continent. Before the arrival of the romans in britain (54 bc), almost all the inhabitants of the.
