The city of Cardiff in the year 1648 A.D. was actually a rather small town in Whales, with a population of around 1500, it was nowhere near being the most prominent Welsh town. Located on the coast with a river running close by, Cardiff had a small port used by fisherman mostly. This close proximity to the river and coast left Cardiff susceptible to damage from rising tides. Cardiff was a very fair town, with it's origins coming from a Roman fort by the name of Caer-Didi. This fort was abandoned after the Romans left Britain, and was not truly occupied and kept up until 1081 A.D. when William I, of England began building a keep within the walls of the fort. Eventually the keep was renovated toward the Victorian era, and a small township grew in the shadow of the castle, mostly made of English settlers.
In early 1648 A.D., the English Civil War was beginning to wind down, and it began to look more and more obvious that Whales would remain conquered by the parliamentary forces. With this observance, many English settlers moved as the armies conquered, settling once an area was pacified. Many did not have a patience to await an army in order to settle in new territory, and thus migrated prior to the conquest. Such was the case in Cardiff, as many hundred English settlers came to the town looking to began a life there in the beginning of 1648 A.D.. It would not be until May, months after many settlers had become settled, that the region of Whales would become largely pacified.
The immigration to Whales in 1648 A.D., and specifically Cardiff, was due to the country of whales being a beautiful country. Not that southern England was not also a beautiful country, but Whales possessed a form of untamed beauty that many Englishmen...
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...n for hundreds of years. The fort in the center of the town also gained the city much attention, being a viable defense in desperate times, it gave Cardiff much appeal for settlement. This combination of factors is what led to the growth and settlement of Cardiff in the long run.
17th century Cardiff was an economically stable township during a time of instability around the world, and this led to it's further settlement and financial growth. This sustainability is what led Cardiff to become largely populated and eventually surpass all other Welsh towns through industrial revolutions and civilian booms, and become the capital of Whales. This type of economic and populous growth is a staple of the last 500 years, with civilization furthering itself all over the world, and those that prove most successful at it becoming more prominent than others in their regions.
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es being awarded land there, the vast majority of the population was still Celtic. Despite the population still being largely Celtic, Britain changed immeasurably during the four centuries of Roman rule. Iron Age tribal centres were redesigned as Roman towns, with regular street-grids, forums (market squares), basilicas (assembly rooms), temples, theatres, bathhouses, amphitheatres, shopping malls and hotels. These towns can be broadly grouped in two categories. Civitates, or "public towns”, were formally laid out on a grid plan, and their role in imperial administration occasioned the construction of public buildings. The much more numerous category of vici, or "small towns”, grew on informal plans, often round a camp or at a ford or crossroads;