1. The Iberians—a general name for the short dark people who still form
the greater part of the nations. They had stone weapons, and lived in
tribes; they became subject to later invaders, but gradually became free.
Their language is lost.
2. The Celts—a tall fair-haired race, speaking an Aryan tongue. It was
their migration that was stopped by the rise of Rome. Four groups of
mountains, four nations (Celtic and Iberian), four mediæval kingdoms, and
four modern dioceses can be remembered thus:
i. Snowdonia Decangi Gwynedd Bangor
ii. Berwyn Ordovices Powys St Asaph
iii. Plinlimmon Demetae Dyved St David’s
iv. Black Mountains Silures Morgannwg Llandaff