This map shows the approximate location of the major tribes who lived in Britain at the time of the Roman Conquest of Britain in the First Century AD. The sole source for the existence and ...

The Roman invasion began in southern Britain. Around 2,000 years ago, Britain was ruled by tribes of people called the Celts. But this was about to change. For around 100 years (a century), the ...

A hoard of Iron Age "bling" unearthed in North Yorkshire was a "garish" display of wealth from tribes more powerful than ...

As long as the tribes were divided, the Roman army was the strongest force in Britain. And while they were fighting each other, the tribes were unlikely to team up and fight the Romans.

Towards the end of the Roman empire ... came the Germanic tribes - the Angles, Saxons and the Jutes. These events set off a whole series of language shifts on the island of Britain.

Swathes of Britain had already been conquered – Roman camps, forts and roads had sprung up in lands once dominated by tribes of Celts; precious gold, tin and iron had been seized along with ...

faced hostile local tribes and had to endure tedious routines. At the northern limit of the Roman Empire was Britain. Soldiers and their families found it to be a cold, remote, hostile place with ...