i have always thought of england/briain/the uk as just a great power.. never really thought that far back to realize they were just a bunch of tribes that survived rome.. and then slowly became a nation. amazing.

As a scot who has lived in Strathclyde for all my life (bar my military service) and I have learned much from this video. thank you

How is is that you think the language and culture of the Britons no longer exists? Yma o hyd! We are still here my friend.

Wow, as someone who has done a great deal of study on this specific topic & trail down the centuries from Alt Clut to welsh royalty in the Kingdom of Gwynedd. Very well researched.

Love the video and the kingdom of Alt Clut/Ystrad Clud/Strathclyde, and I have a strange love for the place. However, slight nitpicks. Romanisation wasn't nearly as widespread as you demonstrated. While britons in the home counties and the south coast were romanised, most of the midlands and north of the UK aside what was highlighted was also mostly free of Roman cultural expansion - and there were even britons that lived in areas like lincolnshire up until the 800s. I might also suggest that while the fortress was called Alt Clut, the kingdom took the name Ystrad Clud (valley of the Clyde). The Hen Ogledd is pronounced Hen (a female chicken) Og-le-th, The dd welsh sound being most similar to the english th. Govan as well, I've been been reliably told by my glasweigan nana is pronounced Gouwen or something similar to the locals. I dont think the kingdom was destroyed and rebuilt, the royal family was still the same and they simply moved the state aparatus away from the coast to Govan to avoid raids. The siege of Alt Clut also lasted 4 months, as the Briton defenders only gave up when their water either ran out or was poisoned. It is also helpful to know that Cumbric is an evolution of old welsh, and is linguistic family to Welsh, Cornish and Breton. Cumbria (the modern county) was apart of Alba until after 1066 an invasion by the Northumbrians. The Cumbrians, and Yr Hen Ogledd as a whole also had a great impact on place names. Our very own capital of Edinbrugh gets its Gaelic name Dùn Èideann comes from the Cumbric Caer Edinn (caer and dun being the welsh and gaelic words for fortress respectively). St Patrick also came from Alt Clut and its surrounding area so there's that. Still! Despite my complaints its an amazing video on an area of Scottish history I wish more of my countrymen knew of! The cultural blending you mentioned at the beginning has always been apart of Scottish identity, and the lowlands have always embodied this with Anglo, Gaelic, Pictish and Cumbric influence. Tapadh leat 😊

Great stuff a few minor hiccups made in details but the overall subject was very well researched!

Llanark / Llanlithgow are two examples of the Welsh (Cumbric / britonic) languages in play today, in an around the Glasgow area. The double LL’s were dropped in modern times. If anyone ever wondered why the Glasgow accent is so much harsher, and noticeably unique amongst Scottish accents? It’s due to the Welsh influence. William Wallace? Wallace means Welshman. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 don’t tell Independence activists this information though. They will crumble if they found out that Scotlands most populated area were 1) Britons 2) Saxons in Edinburgh 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣❤️🇬🇧

Nice video

King Owain would succumb to his baldness 😂😂😂

great stuff, thanks! btw Aethelstan became Aethelred mid-video, i think by mistake?

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2:10 Say-she-8-ed

Awesome! My last name is Hale....hope I'm related to R. Hael!

Allt Clud is pronounced A-ll-t Cleed. Allt means 'summit'.

Athelstan appears to become Ethelred when he mentions Brunanburgh. This is very, very sloppy.

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qrl9nLqCxtedqYU.html Wouldn't it be that Alt Clut lost its eastern portion to Bernicia, instead of the western? Still, am very interested to learn more about the peoples of pre-Scotland...

Just curious.. My last name is Clyde, I know my grnadfather caem from Scotland to Canada and he told me our original name was strathclyde could that be right?

What sources do you use? Been wanting to study this kind of stuff for a while but can never find too much info

The Gaelic name Alba has an interpolated syllable, and is pronounced “AL-a-pa.”

Hi it was King Aethelstan not Aethelred.

Where is my sleep 😂

Firstly, there’s no such thing as ‘alt’ it doesn’t mean anything. The word you should use is ALLT ..(two l’s in Cymric make a sound that comes from the side of your mouth) Secondly, ‘Clut’ is not the wrong word. ..it means diaper in Cymraeg. The word is CLUD, with the U being said with your tongue out. It means ‘tranquil’ or ‘cosy’ So Allt Clud ‘s direct translation is Hill Tranquil…there’s no rock there…none. It was the land of the Gwyr y Gogledd , the Northern Free Welsh Caledoniaid ( hard ones) who spoke our beautiful language. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿