England history

The European continent has, to the northwest, a set of islands formerly known as the Brittany,
Britain being the most important because of its size, which gives it its name. The island was
relatively insignificant in the history of Western civilization. There is little evidence of the
language or civilization of the first inhabitants, only megalithic monuments, such as
Stonehenge, which date back to the Bronze Age (about 2300 BC).

After the conquest of Gaul, Roman general Julius Caesar decided to do in 55 a. C. an

expedition of recognition to the island, that called Britannia. The following year it returned to
England with a more important army and, after defeating to a confederation of tribes of the
south-east of the country, submitted to part of England urging it to recognize the supremacy of
Rome, by means of the payment of some tributes and approaching it to the orbit of Roman
influence. However, it was not until the year 43, under the reign of Emperor Claudius, that the
Romans made the decisive move to reduce Britannia to a Roman province.

Four legions were conquering the southeast and center of the island, without finding great
resistance. However, the conquest of Wales and the north and west of England presented
greater problems to the Roman advance. In the year 61 the rebellion of a Celtic tribe,
commanded by its queen Boudica, devastated Londinium (London) and other cities. This
rebellion was brutally suppressed. Subsequently, the mandate of the agricultural governor
between 78 and 85 was especially cruel, extending the borders of the province after
exterminating several Celtic tribes.