Polity · 439 CE – 1235 CE
Brythons
- Peak recorded area
- 207,638 km²
- 439 CE
- Data series
- 2
- 597 CE–614 CE
Overview
The Britons, also known as Celtic Britons or ancient Britons, were the Celtic people who inhabited Great Britain from at least the British Iron Age until the High Middle Ages, at which point they diverged into the Welsh, Cornish, and Bretons. They spoke Common Brittonic, the ancestor of the modern Brittonic languages.
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Territory
42 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 1235 CE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
Development
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Known Ancient Places2 obs · 597 CE–614 CE | 167places614 CE · Pleiades Gazetteer |
| Known Ancient Settlements2 obs · 597 CE–614 CE | 13settlements614 CE · Pleiades Gazetteer |
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Pleiades Gazetteer2024 snapshot
Bagnall, R. et al. (eds.). Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places.
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