ancient Britain

E359193

cultural region historical region

Ancient Britain refers to the British Isles in prehistoric and early historic times, characterized by Celtic cultures, tribal kingdoms, and Roman influence before the early Middle Ages.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Iron Age Britain	4
Britain (legendary context)	1
ancient Britain canonical	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
economy	long-distance trade ⓘ metalworking ⓘ subsistence agriculture ⓘ
endTime	early Middle Ages ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Atrebates tribe ⓘ surface form: Atrebates Belgae ⓘ Brigantes ⓘ Celtic tribes ⓘ surface form: Celtic Britons Dumnonia ⓘ surface form: Dumnonii Gaels ⓘ Iceni ⓘ Ordovices ⓘ Picts (early period) ⓘ surface form: Picts Silures ⓘ Trinovantes ⓘ
hasEvent	Boudican revolt ⓘ Roman conquest of Britain ⓘ Roman withdrawal from Britain ⓘ
hasPart	Great Britain ⓘ Hebrides ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Isle of Man (crown dependency) ⓘ surface form: Isle of Man Orkney Islands ⓘ Shetland ⓘ surface form: Shetland Islands
hasSite	Antonine Wall ⓘ Avebury ⓘ Hadrian's Wall ⓘ Maiden Castle ⓘ Newgrange ⓘ Skara Brae ⓘ Stonehenge ⓘ
influencedBy	Celtic culture ⓘ surface form: Celtic civilization Roman Empire ⓘ continental European trade networks ⓘ
knownFor	Celtic art ⓘ Celtic cultures ⓘ Roman conquest of Britain ⓘ druidic religious practices ⓘ hillforts ⓘ megalithic monuments ⓘ roundhouse settlements ⓘ tribal kingdoms ⓘ
languageFamily	Celtic languages ⓘ
locatedIn	British Isles ⓘ northwestern Europe ⓘ
partOf	Celtic culture ⓘ surface form: Celtic world Roman Empire ⓘ surface form: Roman Empire (partially)
politicalStructure	client kingdoms under Rome ⓘ tribal chiefdoms ⓘ
religion	Celtic polytheism ⓘ Roman paganism ⓘ early Christianity ⓘ
timePeriod	Bronze Age ⓘ Iron Age ⓘ Neolithic ⓘ Roman period ⓘ prehistory ⓘ
usedMaterial	bronze ⓘ iron ⓘ stone ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King Lear → setting → ancient Britain ⓘ

Roman Britain → followed → ancient Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iron Age Britain

Avalon → country → ancient Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Britain (legendary context)

Snettisham Hoard → culture → ancient Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iron Age Britain

Snettisham Torcs → culture → ancient Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iron Age Britain

Brigantian territory → partOf → ancient Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iron Age Britain