The Roman name for 'Great Britain'. Just as Germania was Germany and Hibernia was Ireland. Britannia was first represented on Roman coinage by a lady usually holding a shield and with a sea behind her. British coins have featured many different style Britannia's over the years and the only currently circulating Britannia can be seen on the back of the UK 50p coin.
n. The United Kingdom of Great Britain.
A traditional depiction of Britannia was the main feature of the LNWR coat of arms. It seems unlikely that it was patriotism which led the former Crewe apprentice, Riddles, to take the name "Britannia" for the first standard express locomotive introduced by British Railways.
The Britannias was the original Latin name the Roman Empire gave to the British Isles, consisting of Albion, Hibernia and many smaller islands. Later, Britannia became the preferred Roman term for the island of Great Britain, and in particular the Roman province of Britain which extended north as far as Hadrian's Wall. Britannia was personified as a Goddess by the Romans, and in more recent times has become a figure of national personification of the United Kingdom.
Britannia is a fictitious land in the Ultima universe. It consists of the remains of Sosaria which were united under the rule of Lord British after the defeat of the evil wizard Mondain and his offspring Exodus. It is the setting for The Age of Enlightenment Trilogy (Ultima IV through Ultima VI) as well as Ultima VII, Ultima IX and Ultima Online.
Britannia is a virtual world which exists in the Ultima Online MMORPG and is based on the original Britannia from the main Ultima series. Many copies of Britannia, called shards, exist simultaneously to support many players without overcrowding.
Britannia is a strategy board game produced by Fantasy Flight Games. It was released in the winter of 2005. It broadly depicts the wars in, and migrations to, the island of Great Britain in the centuries from the Roman invasions to the Norman Conquest.