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Invasion, conquest and migration Migration to Britain in the first century was part of the expansion of the Roman Empire and the outcome of colonial and imperial processes. The Roman Empi ...

The Ipswich Man The ‘Ipswich Man’ is the name given to the skeleton of a man found in Ipswich, Suffolk and made the subject of a BBC documentary called History Cold Case. This ...

The early British  During the fifth century AD Britain ceased to be part of the Roman Empire and became a group of small warring territories, from which eventually developed the ...

Scandinavians in England From the late eighth century, Scandinavian raids on Scotland, Ireland, and England began to be recorded. At first these raids were very few, but from the 830s the ...

Northern Britain in the seventh century In the early middle ages, the area of northern Britain that is now Scotland was inhabited by peoples of a number of different backgrounds – G ...