page_title: Britons (Celtic people)
section_title: Celtic tribes
hierarchical_section_title: Britons (Celtic people) / Celtic tribes
caption_attribution_description: Peoples of Southern Britain according to Ptolemy's map
context_page_description: The Britons were the people who spoke a Celtic language known as Common Brittonic. They lived in Great Britain during the Iron Age, Roman Britain and the Sub-Roman period following the Romans' departure from Britain. Following the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons, who occupied most what is now the country of England, some of the Britons migrated to Wales, Cornwall and southern Scotland, while others moved to Armorica and renamed it Brittany. Those who remained were absorbed into Anglo-Saxon society.
context_section_description: From the Iron Age onward, Britain was divided among a variety of Celtic tribes. When the Romans came, many of the tribes adopted Roman culture and the Latin language.
caption: Celtic tribes in pre-Roman Britain.
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