1.History Prehistory
Two thousand year ago there was an Iron Age Celtic culture through-out the Bristish Isles.Its seems that the Celts, who had been arriving from the eighth century BC onwards, intermingled with the peoples who were already there.For people in Britain today, the chief significance of the prehistoric period is its sense of mystery.This sense finds its focus most easily in the astonishing monumental architecture of this period, the remains of which exist throughout the country. Wiltshire, in south-western England, has two spectacular. The Roman period (43-410)
The Roman province of Britannia covered most of present-day England and Wales. The Romans imposed their own way of life and culture, making use of the existing Celtic aristocracy to govern and encouraging this ruling class to adopt Roman dress and the Roman language. They exerted an influence, without actually governing there, over the southern part of Scotland.

The remarkable thing about the Roman is that, despite their long occupation of Britain, they left very little behind. To many other part of Europe they bequeathed a system of law and administration which forms the basis of the modern system and a language. Moreover, most of their villas,bayhs and temples, their impressive network of roads, and the cities they founded, including Londinium, were soon destroyed or fell into disrepair.

The Germanic invasions (410-1066)

Duringthe fifth century, a number of tribes from the north-western European mainland invaded and settled in large numbers.Two of these tribes were the

Angles and the Saxons. These Anglo-Saxons soon had the south-east of the country in their grasp. In the west of the country their advance was temporarily halted by an army of Britons under the command of the legendar by King Arthur. Nevertheless, by the end of the sixth century, they and their way of