Britto-Romans

The Britto-Romans ( romano-british in English) are the Bretons islanders romanized, following the example Gallo-Romans on the continent. These populations Celtes adopt part of the Roman habits, without to lose the use of the Celtic Langue (the Brittonique) and certain manners inherited Breton old.

On the two sides of the English Channel

Their presence is attested not only in the island of Brittany (current Great Britain) but also on the continent, in particular on the European coasts of the Manche to the the Bay of Biscay. They are then Breton legions holding the role of maritime and river police force, occupying in particular the Armorican peninsula. Civilization britto-Roman survives the Fall of the Roman Empire of Occident, being regarded then as the last Roman enclave in Occident.

Welsh literature

  • Among the leaders and the Breton heroes of the Early middle ages:
  • This resistance seems to have reactivated the legend of a historical Personnage of the late Antiquité, mentioned into 185 in Armorique by Hérode, therefore 300 years before the arrival of the Saxon ones:
    • Lucius Artorius Castus, general Roman in Armorique
    • the fictitious and legendary Character of the King Arthur (which fights this time against the Saxon ones), is built on this memory (participation in the identity foundation of a Breton nation as from the Armorique of Ve century.

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