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The Roman Orbit

The Essay Unearthing Britannia's Tribes
Episode 12 of 15

The Essay unearths the peoples of Iron Age Britain. Historian Guy de la Bédoyère reflects on how tribal Britain inevitably succumbed and was integrated into the Roman world.

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