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Iberic peoples lived in Britain, secure from invasion during the whole of the Neolithic age, while Gaul and Spain were being conquered by the ancestors of the Celts of history. In the course of time the knowledge of bronze was spread through the continent, and the great superiority of the civilisation, of which it is the emblem, led to the invasion of Britain. Bronze weapons ensured victory over enemies armed with the old weapons of stone, and consequently the introduction of the new material must necessarily have led to frequent wars. The knowledge of bronze must have affected the warfare