# Prehistoric Britain - No single ruler

URL: https://english-history.com/rulers/prehistoric-britain
Reign: c. 800,000 BCE - AD 43
Dynasty: Prehistoric Britain
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistoric_Britain

For most of prehistory Britain had no state, crown, or single ruler. Communities ranged from small hunter-gatherer groups to farming societies, tribal confederations and Iron Age chiefdoms whose authority was local and often temporary.

## Succession
- Succeeded by: [Roman Britain](https://english-history.com/rulers/roman-britain)

## Timeline events during this reign
- -800000 - [Earliest known human presence at Happisburgh](https://english-history.com/timeline/-800000-earliest-known-human-presence-at-happisburgh)
- -400000 - [Boxgrove people occupy southern Britain](https://english-history.com/timeline/-400000-boxgrove-people-occupy-southern-britain)
- -10000 - [Britain is resettled after the last Ice Age](https://english-history.com/timeline/-10000-britain-is-resettled-after-the-last-ice-age)
- -6000 - [Britain becomes an island](https://english-history.com/timeline/-6000-britain-becomes-an-island)
- -4000 - [Neolithic farming spreads into Britain](https://english-history.com/timeline/-4000-neolithic-farming-spreads-into-britain)
- -3000 - [Stonehenge begins to take shape](https://english-history.com/timeline/-3000-stonehenge-begins-to-take-shape)
- -2500 - [Bell Beaker culture spreads through Britain](https://english-history.com/timeline/-2500-bell-beaker-culture-spreads-through-britain)
- -800 - [Iron Age societies emerge](https://english-history.com/timeline/-800-iron-age-societies-emerge)
- -55 - [Julius Caesar's first expedition to Britain](https://english-history.com/timeline/-55-julius-caesar-s-first-expedition-to-britain)
- -54 - [Julius Caesar's second expedition to Britain](https://english-history.com/timeline/-54-julius-caesar-s-second-expedition-to-britain)
- 43 - [Claudius orders the Roman conquest of Britain](https://english-history.com/timeline/43-claudius-orders-the-roman-conquest-of-britain)