A brief history of Brexit – all 2,000 years of it
by James Hawes from on (#5C3YE)
The historian and novelist charts the ups and downs of Britain's relationship with Europe
55BC-409
Becoming Europeans
Julius Caesar's offer for Britain to join Europe on Roman Republic terms is patriotically rebuffed. But the treacherous British elites have sniffed the international lifestyle of Rome, and are soon going there to hand over a small percentage of tribal GDP as offerings at the Capitol. By 43, they understand modern financial vehicles known as coins and are worth annexing by Emperor Claudius's European superstate. Boadicea (despite probably not existing) tries to take back control, but the wheels come off her chariot, and for the next 350 years the Britons are ruled by a snappily toga-ed continental elite and their collaborators.
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