Match the description to the person/people.

1. Britons a. Romans

2. 55 BC - AD 449 b. Celts

3. Briton king c. Cnut

4. Danish king d. Alfred

5. king who restored English culture e. Vortigern

1. Britons - Celts. The Britons lived all over the island of Great Britain and on the surrounding islands. They spoke the Celtic Common Brittonic language, which diversified into a group of related Celtic languages.

2. 55 BC - 449 AD - Romans. This is the timeline that comprises the time the Romans first invaded Britain to the aftermath of the departure of Roman troops.

3. Briton King - Vortigern: Vortigern was a King of the Britons who is remembered for welcoming the Saxons into Britain and then being unable to get them to leave.

4. Danish King - Cnut: He was a Danish king who ruled over a Saxon-Danish kingdom in England from 1016 until his death in 1035. He was of the Viking race.

5. King who restored English culture - Alfred: Alfred the Great was the fifth son of King Ethelwulf, ruler of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex. When he was born at Wantage in 849, it might have seemed unlikely that Alfred would ever become king, but in 871, Alfred had to take over as king of Wessex in the middle of a year of nine major battles between the West Saxons and Vikings.