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Koch and others, England in the Late Bronze Age was part of a maritime trading-networked culture called the Atlantic Bronze Age, that inclu ded the whole of the British Isles and much of what we now regard as France, tog ether with the Iberian Peninsula. Celtic languages developed in those areas; Tar tessian may have been the earliest written Celtic language.[30][31][32] This ide a, however, stands in contrast to the view that Tartessian cannot be classified as Celtic (or as related to any other language) and that the origins of the Celt ic languages lie in the Central European Hallstatt culture.[33] Painting of woman, with outstretched arm, in white dress with red cloak and helm et, with other human figures to her right and below her to the left. Boudica led an uprising against the Roman Empire. During the Iron Age, Celtic culture, deriving from the Hallstatt and La Tne cultu res, arrived from Central Europe. Brythonic was the spoken language during this time. Society was tribal; according to Ptolemy's Geographia there were around 20 tribes in the area. Earlier divisions are unknown because the Britons were not literate. Like other regions on the edge of the Empire, Britain had long enjoyed trading links with the Romans. Julius Caesar of the Roman Republic attempted to invade twice in 55 BC; although largely unsuccessful, he managed to set up a cl ient king from the Trinovantes. The Romans invaded Britain in AD 43 during the reign of Emperor Claudius, subseq uently conquering much of Britain, and the area was incorporated into the Roman Empire as Britannia province.[34] The best-known of the native tribes who attemp ted to resist were the Catuvellauni led by Caratacus. Later, an uprising led by Boudica, Queen of the Iceni, ended with Boudica's suicide following her defeat a t the Battle of Watling Street.[35] This era saw a Greco-Roman culture prevail w ith the introduction of Roman law, Roman architecture, sewage systems, many agri cultural items, and silk.[36][37][38] In the 3rd century, Emperor Septimius Seve rus died at Eboracum (modern-day York), where Constantine was subsequently procl aimed emperor.[39] There is debate about when Christianity was first introduced; it was no later th an the 4th century, with probability lying much earlier. According to Bede, miss ionaries were sent from Rome by Eleutherius at the request of the chieftain Luci us of Britain in AD 180 to settle differences as to Eastern and Western ceremoni als which were disturbing the church. There are traditions linked to Glastonbury claiming an introduction through Joseph of Arimathea, while others claim throug h Lucius of Britain.[40] By 410, as the Empire declined, Britain was left expose d by the withdrawal of Roman army units, to defend the frontiers in continental Europe and partake in civil wars.[41] At this time Celtic Christian monastic and missionary movements flourished: Patrick (5th-century Ireland); and in the 6th century Brendan (Clonfert), Comgall (Bangor), David (Wales), Aiden (Lindisfarne) , and Columba (Iona). This period of Christianity was influenced by ancient Celt ic culture in its sensibilities, polity, practices, and theology. Local "congreg ations" were centered in the monastic community, and monastic leaders were more like chieftains, as peers, rather than in the more hierarchical system of the Ro man-dominated church (see Early Christian Christianity, Brendan Lehane, Constabl e, London: John Murray Ltd., 1968).