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Tag: Ancient History
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The Mold Cape: 4,000 Years of Craftsmanship
Did you know that the ancient Britons that inhabited Cymru over 3,500 years ago were skilled metalworkers and craftsmen? The Mold Cape is arguably the best remaining example of this. What is the Mold Cape? Bronze Age Britons created everything, from intricate jewelry and tools, to weapons used for hunting food and, sadly, warring with…
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Caradog & Rome: The Ancient Briton Who Dared to Resist Rome
More than a millennium before the Uprising led by Owain Glyndŵr against English rule, there was the Brythonic resistance led by Caradog (more commonly known as Caratacus) against the might of imperial Rome. Who Was Caradog (Caratacus)? Caradog was a first century AD ancient Briton and chieftain of the Catuvellauni tribe (who were most present…
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Julius Caesar & His Comments on Ancient Britons
It is sometimes fun to imagine what Ancient Britain was like when the entire island was roamed by those who spoke the Common Brittonic language, an ancestor of the present-day Welsh language. One of the best (though, of course, partisan) and earliest descriptions of the ancient Britons (the Britons before Rome, Saxon and Norman invasions)…
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The Christian Origins of “Merthyr Tydfil”
Did you know that the Welsh town of Merthyr Tydfil has Christian origins and gets its name from a (possibly historical) legendary figure named Tydfil? Tydfil, according to legend, lived in the 5th century AD and was a daughter (the twenty-third, to be exact) of King Brychan Brycheiniog of the early Welsh kingdom of Brycheiniog.…
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Aylesford: The First Battle Between the Welsh & English
Did you know that the first major battle between the ancient Britons (the predecessors of the Welsh) and the Anglo-Saxons (predecessors of the English) is widely believed to be the Battle of Aylesford and is estimated to have taken place in AD 455? The battle was fought between the two sides with the warlord Gwrtheyrn…