Britannia

:This article is about the personification of Great Britain. For other meanings of Britannia see Britannia (disambiguation)

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Britannia was originally the Latin name that the Roman Empire gave to the southern part of the island of Great Britain, and has become a national personification of Britain.

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At the height of Roman Britain, the Empire included all of Britannia (first invaded by Julius Caesar in 55 BC), which was bordered by Hadrian's Wall, close to today's border between England and Scotland. To the Romans northern Britain was known as Caledonia. A southern part of what is now known as Scotland was occupied by the Romans for a brief period by the end of the Roman reign, keeping in place the Picts to the north of The Antonine Wall. The island of Great Britain has never been completely conquered, even in Roman days. People living in the Roman province of Britannia were called Britanni. Ireland was a separate region, which was never conquered by the Romans; it was called Hibernia.

Latin: Latin is an Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. It gained great importance as the formal language of the Roman Empire. All Romance languages are descended from Latin, and many words based on Latin are found in other modern languages such as English. The ...

National personification: A national personification is an anthropomorphization of a nation; it can appear in both editorial cartoons and propaganda....

Roman Britain: Roman Britain is the term applied to that part of Britain lying within the Roman Empire (which never extended to the whole island). This is usually thought of in relation to the period AD 44 to 410. Prior to the Roman invasion, Iron Age Britain already had close cultural and economic links with the ...

Britannia related Images and Photos (experimental)

Britannia	Magna Britannia: Her Colonies Reduc'D	Steampunk Britannia Guard Coat	Antique Map Britannia Ca. 1646
An Armour-Clad Britannia with a Large Union Flag	Britannia Receives Neptunes's Trident Symbolising Britain's Sovereignty of the The Sea	Dulce et Decorum Est Pro Britannia Mori!	Conference of Engineers at Britannia Bridge circa 1850
The Reconciliation Between Britannia and Her Daughter America Pub. by W. Richardson 11th May 1782	Map of Westminster from 'speculum Britannia' 1593