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55 BC
Julius Caesar first landed in Britain on August 26th, 55 BC, but it was almost another hundred years before the Romans actually conquered Britain in AD 43. Having subdued Gaul, or so it seemed at the time, Julius Caesar launched an expedition to Britain.***
What was in England before the Romans?
Britain before the Romans. Before the Romans came to Britain the land was lived in by a people called the Celts. ... They ruled most of Europe before the Romans began their conquest. The Celts lived in round houses made of wattle and daub with thatched roofs. ***
Early Middle Ages
The first people to be called 'English' were the Anglo-Saxons, a group of closely related Germanic tribes that began migrating to eastern and southern Great Britain, from southern Denmark and northern Germany, in the 5th century AD, after the Romans had withdrawn from Britain.