Julius Caesar's invasions of Britain - Wikipedia
Britain during the reign of Julius Caesar had an Iron Age culture, with an estimated population of between one and four million. Archaeological research shows that its economy was broadly divided into lowland and highland zones.
Julius Caesar landed in Can(um in 55 and 54 BCE, the first Roman expedi(ons to Britain. He recounts in his De Bello Gallico v. 14: “Of all these [Bri/sh tribes], by far the most civilised are they who dwell in Kent, which
Cantiaci - Wikipedia
The Cantiaci or Cantii were an Iron Age Celtic people living in Britain before the Roman conquest, and gave their name to a civitas of Roman Britain. They lived in the area now called Kent, in south-eastern England. Their capital was Durovernum Cantiacorum, now Canterbury.
Iron Age Europe - Wikipedia
The early first millennium BC marks the Iron Age in Eastern Europe. In the Pontic steppe and the Caucasus region, the Iron Age begins with the Koban and the Chernogorovka and Novocherkassk cultures from c. 900 BC. By 800 BC, it was spreading to Hallstatt culture via the alleged "Thraco-Cimmerian" migrations.
Society centred around women in UK during Iron Age: scientists
Jan 16, 2025 · Julius Caesar, in his account of the Gallic Wars written more than more than century earlier, also described Celtic women participating in public affairs, exercising political influence -- and ...
DNA suggests women were at the heart of social networks in …
Jan 15, 2025 · But archaeologists already knew there was something special about the role of women in Iron Age Britain. A patchwork of tribes with closely related languages and art styles – sometimes referred to as Celtic – lived in England before the Roman invasion in 43 A.D. Valuable items have been found buried with Celtic women, and Roman writers, including Julius Caesar, wrote with disdain about ...
Why The Wimbledon Iron Age Hill Fort Had Nothing To Do With Caesar
Oct 5, 2024 · Julius Caesar did invade Britain in 55 and 54 BC, but his campaign was brief and did not take him anywhere near Wimbledon. Caesar’s two attempts to subdue Britain were relatively limited in scope, and he never ventured far from the southeastern coast.
Ancient genomes reveal an Iron Age society centred on women
Jan 15, 2025 · Echoing the writings of Julius Caesar, the researchers further uncovered a footprint of Iron Age migration into coastal southern England, which had gone undetected in prior genetic studies ...
Polyandry in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain - Myth or Reality?
Apr 30, 2018 · Did Julius Caesar really observe polyandry? If so, was it widespread and common, or a rare form of class-based inheritance protection? I had a look at the other known examples around the world, and how polyandry functioned alongside property codes and inheritance rules.
Iron Age Kings and their Roman Connections | English Heritage
Julius Caesar’s own account of his wars with the Gauls tells us that he made two incursions into the south of England (in 55 and then 54 BC). Tribal unities extended across the Channel at this time and one group, the Belgae, are reported to have fled to England during the wars.