Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
TacitusThey have plundered the world, stripping naked the land in their hungerโฆ they are driven by greed, if their enemy be rich; by ambition, if poorโฆ They ravage, they slaughter, they seize by false pretenses, and all of this they hail as the construction of empire. And when in their wake nothing remains but a desert, they call that peace.
Tacitus