| The people of Wales were considered savages who | | | | Englishmen. Although Llewellyn Bren was captured and |
| dressed in skins and lived in tribes and kingdoms. | | | | pardoned he was captured again in 1320 and |
| When the Romans invaded Wales around 50 AD | | | | murdered. The Welsh united and invaded Glamorgan. |
| they established a fort on the banks of the River | | | | They destroyed Norman property and destroyed the |
| Taff. However, they dumped the fort years later | | | | Cardiff castle till the Earl of Warwick; Richard |
| after the decline of the Roman Empire around 350 | | | | Beauchamp rebuilt it in 1423. |
| AD ending Roman rule in Britain. But the history of | | | | During the 15th century Cardiff became leaderless till |
| Cardiff as a settlement starts with the Vikings first | | | | Owain Glen Dwr known as the independent "Prince of |
| and the later invasion by the Norman, William the | | | | Wales" led the revolt for the Celtic Welsh against the |
| Conqueror. After its invasion, the fort served as a | | | | English around 1400. Glen Dwr entered Glamorgan and |
| protection of the inhabitants from the Welsh. It was | | | | destroyed it, particularly church property including |
| the barons and lords of Glamorgan that gave a | | | | Cardiff Priory and Bishop's place at Llandaff. |
| location for its centre. It was the landowner, Lord of | | | | Although the English galvanised their forces under |
| Gloucester and the conqueror of Glamorgan, Robert | | | | Henry IV and lead a successful campaign against the |
| FitzHamon who built a castle on the exact position of | | | | rebels, Glyn Dwr was never captured and remained a |
| the Roman fort during his expedition in around 1090 | | | | hunted rebel. The English had once again taken |
| against the Welsh. A small settlement grew around | | | | control of Cardiff. Several succession of Cardiff took |
| the castle's south gate and became a market centre. | | | | place and life was hard for the people of Cardiff as |
| Glamorgan became highly fortified as several additions | | | | there constant struggle for control. |
| were made to the castle. The lordship of Glamorgan | | | | The story of Cardiff and the Welsh people has been |
| became independent and subsequently the Welsh | | | | a story of struggle to survive all odds, to survive the |
| grew restless and gave rise to leader called Llewellyn | | | | advent of the Romans, Vikings, Normans, the |
| Bren who had a grievance against the King. A revolt | | | | oppression of the Lords and the onslaught of the |
| started when the army of Llewellyn Bren captured in | | | | English people and the English language. |
| 1314 the sheriff of Glamorgan and killed several | | | | |