[a fool in paradise]

>>Britannia was the Latin name given to the UK by the Romans after their invasion in 43 CE. The weapon-clad warrior woman became a personification of the British Isles and has fronted the country’s currency since 1672.

[Da Coyote]

"Britannia was the Latin name given to the UK by the Romans after their invasion in 43 CE BC." There, fixed. Shove it up your collective Obamaholes, CNN.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks a fool in paradise. Britannia was at most Romans' feminization of the vanquished. This is really about getting Queen E2 and her eventual jughead successors off British currency.