The creation of the Roman province of Britannia marked a significant divergence from life in the earlier Iron Age. We find a world transformed from disparate communities with varying identities, to one where there is a strong overarching political framework, with a new ideology that drew together these peoples into a larger whole … The kings who held dominion from Caesar s visit until the Flavian period, were fundamental to this change and were in many ways partners in the creation of the Roman imperial culture. Britannia, this “Heavenly Mother” of the early Celto-Britons, was none other than the universal “Great Goddess,” venerated around the ancient world under a myriad of names, and who manifested in ancient Egypt ...
