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It may not be amiss here briefly to recur to the fact that these people were the direct, lineal descendants of the Ancient Britons, with little or no admixture of Saxon blood. These ancient Britons, as ethnologists now recognize the term, were the different tribes, clans, or nations inhabiting Britain at the time of the Roman invasion, and their descendants. They belonged to the indo-european family, and to the Celtic branch of that family. Whatever difference of opinion may exist as to the real or fabulous character of the early histories of Britain, there can be no doubt that, for centuries before the Roman invasion, the Island of Britain was inhabited by a numerous, powerful, and intelligent people. That they were brave Caesar found to his cost, and it is a very signifi cant fact that, although the Roman General brought against them a fleet of 80 ships, with infantry and cavalry, yet the most that he could effect was but a landing on the coasts, and that it was not until a hundred years later that the Romans were able Victoriously to advance into the inte rior of the island.
Nor did the Britons, in later years, yield, without fierce resistance, to the invading hordes of Saxons, Danes, and Normans which poured in upon them.
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