First timeline

By rossana castellano
  • 3000 BCE

    Stonehenge

    Stonehenge
    First ritual sites
  • Period: 2500 BCE to 1000 BCE

    Bronze age

    The islanders started metalworking, producing pottery and salt and manifacturing leather and cloth.
  • Period: 700 BCE to 100 BCE

    Arrival and settlement of the Celts

    They were the first fishermen in the area and introduced the iron plough.
    They spoke Welsh and Gaelic.
    Society: women were almost equal to men.
    Religion: Druids were the Celts' priests. They were also important in justice, education and medicine; they worshipped natural elements, believed in immortality and trasmigration of the soul.
  • Period: 55 BCE to 492 BCE

    Roman period

    The Romans built paved roads for military and commercial purpose. They brought their culture, Christianity and Latin language in Britain.
  • Period: 55 BCE to 54 BCE

    Julius Caesar's invasion

  • Period: 43 to 47

    Emperor Claudius's conquests

  • 122

    Emperor Hadrian builds a wall

    Emperor Hadrian builds a wall
  • 492

    Roman control of Britain ended