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{{dablink|This article is about the ancient ethnic groups of [[Great Britain]]. For the modern term, see [[Briton]]}}
'''Brython''' and '''Brythonic''' are terms which refer to [[Indigenous peoples of Europe|indigenous]], pre-[[Ancient Rome|Roman]], [[Celt]]ic speaking inhabitants of most of the island of [[Great Britain]], and their [[culture]]s and [[language]]s, the [[Brythonic languages]]. These [[ethnic group]]s are also referred to as the &#x(contracted; show full)

By post-Roman times, the Picts were seen as a separate group, and the territory of the Epidii had become the [[Goidelic]] Celtic territory of [[Dál Riata]]. The English historian [[Bede]] claimed that by 642 [[Oswald]], king of [[Northumbria]], had "brought under his dominion all the nations and provinces of Britain, which are divided into four languages, to wit, those of the Britons, the Picts, the Scots and the English."

== Famous 
Ancient BritBrythons ==
* [[King Arthur|Arthur]] - Romano-British war leader [[Historical basis for King Arthur|of debatable historicity]]
* [[Boudica]], Queen of the [[Iceni]], who led the rebellion against [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] occupation in 60. 
* [[Caratacus]], a leader of the defence against the [[Roman conquest of Britain]]
* [[Cartimandua]], Queen of the [[Brigantes]] during and after the Claudian invasion
* [[Cassivellaunus]], led the defence against [[Julius Caesar]]'s second expedition to [[Britannia]] in 54 B.C.
* [[Commius]] historical king of the [[Belgic]] nation of the [[Atrebates]], initially in Gaul, then in [[Britannia]], in the 1st century BC.
* [[Cunedda]], sub  -Roman King and progenitor of the [[Kingdom of Gwynedd|House of [[Gwynedd]].
* [[Cunobelinus]], historical King of the south of Britain between the Julian and Claudian invasions. The basis for Shakespeare's [[Cymbeline]]
* [[Prasutagus]], husband of Boudica.
* [[Togodumnus]], a leader of the defence against the [[Roman conquest of Britain]]
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[[gl:Bretóns]]
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[[ru:Бритты]]