2. Discuss Geoffrey

3. Discuss Geoffrey
Why did Geoffrey attribute Trojan ancestry to the Britons?
Why did he claim that the prior inhabitants were giants?
How did he characterize the rulers of Britain prior to the coming of the Romans?
What was the Britons’ structure of government ?
How did he characterize their rulers?

4. Discuss Geoffrey Were the pre-Roman Britons civilized?
What were their greatest achievements?

5. Which is not one of the three “noble rivers” identified by Geoffrey?
Thames
Avon
Humber
Severn

6. Geoffrey claims that the pre-Roman Britons…
Conquered Rome
Built 28 cities and a network of stone roads
Established laws copied by the Anglo-Saxons
All of the Above
None of the Above

9. Britain/Europe c. 10,000 BCE

10. Skara Brae Orkneys

12. Skara Brae in Orkney

14. The Ring of Brodgar in the Orkneys

15. Wiltshire Megaliths

16. Avebury Ring c BCE

17. Avebury Ring Largest Megalithic Structure in Europe

18. Stonehenge
Located in Wiltshire, near Salisbury on a very fertile plain in southern England
The most famous and elaborate example of the approximately 900 ceremonial structures (trilithons) that Neolithic inhabitants of Britain period c BCE

22. Burial Mounds Around Stonehenge

24. Preseli Mountain in Wales

25. Construction of Stonehenge

29. Celtic Settlements c. 200 BCE

30. Modern Celt
An invention of
the 18th century

32. Celtic Suicide c. 230 BCE

33. The Dying Gaul third century BCE

34. Hill Fort

35. Celtic Torques

36. Celtic Metalwork
Celts were masters of metal work, not only in the production of weapons but also in jewelry
Neck ornaments or “torcs” were common
Gold coins
bracelets
Celtic metalwork and artwork often consisted of patterns rather than depictions of people of animals; this tendency would continue well into the Christian period

37. Animal Head, Oseberg ship burial, University of Oslo, Norway
Purse cover from the Sutton Hoo ship burial, British Museum, London

38. Rendering of British Couple on Eve of Claudian Invasion

39. What inspired Brutus to migrate to Albion?
A prophecy
Rumors that it abounded with lots of gold
His love of fighting giants
His desire to see the White Cliffs of Dover