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The Britons (*Pritanī, Latin: Britanni, Welsh: Brythoniaid), also known as Celtic Britons [1] or Ancient Britons, were the indigenous Celtic people [2] who inhabited Great Britain from at least the British Iron Age until the High Middle Ages, at which point they diverged into the Welsh, Cornish, and Bretons (among others). [2]
Connie Britton (born Constance Elaine Womack; March 6, 1967) [1] is an American actress. Britton made her feature film debut in the independent comedy-drama film The Brothers McMullen (1995), and the following year, she was cast as Nikki Faber on the ABC sitcom Spin City .
Pamela Britton (born Armilda Jane Owens; [1] March 19, 1923 – June 17, 1974) was an American actress, best known for appearing as Lorelei Brown in the television series My Favorite Martian (1963–1966) and for her female lead in the film noir classic D.O.A. (1950).
The title King of the Britons (Welsh: Brenin y Brythoniaid, Latin: Rex Britannorum) was used (often retrospectively) to refer to a ruler, especially one who might be regarded as the most powerful, among the Celtic Britons, both before [1] and after [2] the period of Roman Britain up until the Norman invasion of Wales and the Norman conquest of England.
Nennius and Gildas mention a second wave of Britons settling in Armorica in the following century to escape the invading Anglo-Saxons and Scoti. Modern archaeology also supports a two-wave migration. Modern archaeology also supports a two-wave migration.
William Briton or Breton (died 1356), Breton Franciscan theologian; Briton Hadden (1898–1929), co-founder and first editor of Time magazine; Briton Hammon, 18th century slave in British North America who wrote an autobiography published in 1760
Britons charts the emergence of British identity from the Act of Union in 1707 with Scotland and England to the beginning of the Victorian era in 1837. British identity, she argues, was created from four features that both united the Britons and set the nation apart from others: Britain is a Protestant state defined against a largely Catholic ...
The Groans of the Britons (Latin: gemitus Britannorum) [1] is the final appeal made between 446 and 454 [2] by the Britons to the Roman military for assistance against Pict and Scot raiders. The appeal is first referenced in Gildas ' 6th-century De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae ; [ 3 ] Gildas' account was later repeated in chapter 13 of Bede ...