the land of Britain was once considered a myth by the mighty Roman Empire to them it was nothing more than an old Legend This would change in the year 55 BC when Julius Caesar set his sights on this fabled island and sailed towards its Shores the historical Discovery would end in defeat [Music] almost a century later the Romans Found Glory when Roman Emperor Claudius stepped foot on British soil they set their eyes on Stonehenge using the sacred site for their worship and rituals londinium was established and the Romans seized control of the land but what happened next in the history of the United Kingdom to understand this fascinating land we must start from the very beginning [Music] what would become the United Kingdom began way back within the prehistoric Paleolithic period which dates back to 950 000 years ago a time that the earliest evidence of an ancient civilization dates back to the first settlers that arrived in Britain were hunter-gatherers who traveled from Europe around 8000 BC and are now known as the first britons [Music] this group of people showed one of the earliest forms of economy with the hunters trading native elk wild cattle and pigs while defending themselves from wolves and bears which were Rife in Britain at that time over the years people have discovered a large quantity of tools such as carved Stone edges and hand axes it is incredibly rare to find human remains from this period which has made it difficult for experts to determine which form of hominids were living there at any particular time with that being said the tools that have been found give evidence that they were probably a subgroup of homo