HISTORY OF WALES

The country of Wales Cymru (Welsh ) has been inhabited by modern humans for at least 29,000 years , though permanent settlements in the territory does not appear until the last Ice Age. In Wales there are many sites and remains of the Neolithic period (mainly dolmens and cromlechs ) and subsequent traces of Bronze Age and Iron Age. The written history of Wales begins with the arrival of the Romans , who conducted several campaigns against the tribe in northeastern Deceanglos current Wales in the year 48 . Two of the biggest British tribes , the Silures and Ordovices , resisted Roman rule for some years, but eventually underwent Ordovices 79 . The native tribes of pre-Roman times occupied the present territory of Wales, but also parts of [ England ] ] and southern Scotland, which would be organized in the Roman province of Britannia until the withdrawal of the Roman legions in the early V. In the following centuries the territory of Wales would form small kingdoms as Gwynedd and Powys, while the British were converted to Christianity.

Caerphilly Castle. This castle was built between 1268-1271 by Gilbert de Clare, triggering a dispute between Llywelyn the Last King and the English crown, one of the reasons that led to the wars of 1277 and 1282 and the end of the independence of Wales.