Several species of humans have intermittently occupied Great Britain for almost a million years. The earliest evidence of human occupation around 900,000 years ago is at Happisburgh on the Norfolk coa
Early stages of the formation of the English Channel, spanning from Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 25-21 (prior to 900,000 years ago) to the proglacial lake during the Anglian Glaciation (MIS 12 c. 480-430,000 years ago) to the situation during the following Hoxnian interglacial (MIS 11, c. 425-375,000 years ago)
Photos of the ~900,000 year old Happisburgh footprints, taken shortly before their destruction
Display of ovate handaxes from the Boxgrove site, dating to around 480,000 years ago
The Clacton spearhead, found near Clacton-on-sea, is the oldest known wooden weapon, at approximately 400,000 years old.
Roman Britain was the territory that became the Roman province of Britannia after the Roman conquest of Britain, consisting of a large part of the island of Great Britain. The occupation lasted from 4
Prehistoric Britain
…to take interest in Britain. This may have been caused by an influx of refugees from Roman occupied Europe, or Britain's large mineral reserves. See Roman Britain for the history of this subsequent period. The first significant written record of Britain and its inhabitants was made by the Greek navigator Pytheas…
Conquests under Aulus Plautius, focused on the commercially valuable southeast of Britain
Agricola's campaigns 80-84 AD