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    Archaeological evidence shows that southern England was settled by humans long before the rest of Britain due to its warmer climate during ice ages. The earliest written mention of the region comes from a 6th century BC navigation manual, though trade links with Europe existed earlier. Roman historians described the southern English population as similar to groups on the continent like the Belgae tribe. Julius Caesar invaded Britain in the 1st century BC and noted the southern British were very numerous and like the Belgae. Few historical sources describe Roman Britain directly, giving only brief mentions of events like Hadrian's Wall and Boudica's revolt. By the 5th century, Roman influence had greatly declined and the peoples who became the English were emerging.

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    Archaeological evidence shows that southern England was settled by humans long before the rest of Britain due to its warmer climate during ice ages. The earliest written mention of the region comes from a 6th century BC navigation manual, though trade links with Europe existed earlier. Roman historians described the southern English population as similar to groups on the continent like the Belgae tribe. Julius Caesar invaded Britain in the 1st century BC and noted the southern British were very numerous and like the Belgae. Few historical sources describe Roman Britain directly, giving only brief mentions of events like Hadrian's Wall and Boudica's revolt. By the 5th century, Roman influence had greatly declined and the peoples who became the English were emerging.

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    Archaeological evidence shows that southern England was settled by humans long before the rest of Britain due to its warmer climate during ice ages. The earliest written mention of the region comes from a 6th century BC navigation manual, though trade links with Europe existed earlier. Roman historians described the southern English population as similar to groups on the continent like the Belgae tribe. Julius Caesar invaded Britain in the 1st century BC and noted the southern British were very numerous and like the Belgae. Few historical sources describe Roman Britain directly, giving only brief mentions of events like Hadrian's Wall and Boudica's revolt. By the 5th century, Roman influence had greatly declined and the peoples who became the English were emerging.

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    England before the English 

    Archaeological evidence indicates that the southern part of present-day England was settled by humans long before the rest of the British Isles.  This
    fact is due to its more hospitable climate during the ice ages of the distant past, as well as the periods in between. The first historical mention of the
    region is in the Massaliote Periplus , a navigation manual for merchants, believed to date from the 6th century BC, although cultural and commercial
    links with the continent existed long before this mention. Pytheas of Massilia writes of his trading voyage to the island around 325 BC. Later writers
    such as Pliny the Elder (citing Timaeusand Diodorus of Sicily and probably drawing inspiration from Poseidonius ) mentions the pewter trade in
    southern England, but there are very few historical details about the population that lived there. Tacitus writes that there were no great linguistic
    differences between the population of southern England and that of the north (the Gauls ), and notes that the various tribes of Britons had similar
    physical characteristics to their mainland neighbors.

    Julius Caesar invaded southern England in 55 BC. and 54 BC, writing in the " Commentarii de Bello Gallico " that the population of southern Britain
    was very numerous and had much in common with the tribe of the Belgae, of the Low Countries. Numismatic sources, as well as the work of late
    Roman historians, will provide the names of the leaders of various tribes, along with information about their activities in the territory that was called
    Britannia.

    Surprisingly, there are few historical sources describing Roman England . For example, we have only one sentence that presents the reasons
    why Hadrian's Wall was built . Even the Claudine invasion is well attested and Tacitus included in his history the revolt of Boudica or "Boadicea" from
    61 AD. Towards the end of the 1st century, Roman historians mention only damaged fragments of information from the distant province. The Roman
    presence was stronger and weaker over the centuries, but by the 5th century, Roman influence had declined so far that the peoples who would
    become English were emerging.

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