who was [in britain] when the romans where there?

… not who you think, it seems.

Thanks to Robert Wilde at European History at About.com, who blogged Myths of British Ancestry:

“Stephen Oppenheimer's fascinating article for Prospect magazine examines the heritage of Britain’s early inhabitants, explaining the myth of mass Anglo-Saxon occupation and going back further, claiming the main population wasn’t even Celtic.”

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“Who was here when the Romans came?”