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GOD ! i miss Spartacus
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The name is Latin, and derives from the Greek form Prettanike or Brettaniai, which originally designated a collection of islands
with individual names, including
Albion or Great Britain; however,
by the 1st century BC Britannia came to be used for Great Britain
specifically. In AD 43 the Roman Empire began its conquest of the island, establishing a province they called Britannia, which came
to encompass the parts of the
island south of Caledonia
(roughly Scotland). The native
Celtic inhabitants of the province
are known as the Britons. In the
2nd century Roman Britannia
came to be personified as a
goddess, armed with a trident
and shield and wearing a
Corinthian helmet.
The Latin name Britannia long
survived the Roman withdrawal
from Britain in the 5th century,
and yielded the name for the
island in most European and
various other languages,
including the English Britain and
the modern Welsh Prydain. After
centuries of declining use, the
Latin form was revived during
the English Renaissance as a
rhetorical evocation of a British
national identity. Especially
following the Acts of Union in
1707, which joined the
Kingdoms of England and
Scotland, the personification of
the martial Britannia was used as
an emblem of British imperial
power and unity. She featured on
all modern British coinage series
until the redesign in 2008.
 
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