The Romans occupied southern Britain from 43AD to 410AD. During this time, British was spoken here, not English. Its direct descendants are Welsh, Breton an

The Romans occupied southern Britain from 43AD to 410AD. During this time, British was spoken here, not English. Its direct descendants are Welsh, Breton and Cornish, not Modern English. Anglo-Saxon settlement of what is now England didn't start until approximately 450AD, and so Old English would not have been spoken here until then.