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===Julius Caesar===
[[Julius Caesar]] [[Caesar's invasions of Britain|reputedly landed]] on the beach here in 55 BC and 54 BC.  It is only one possible landing place, proposed judging from the distances given in his account of the landings in his [[Commentarii de Bello Gallico|''Gallic Wars'']]. In the 19th century it was thought that he had landed by [[Deal Castle]] – hence a house there with [[SPQR]] emblazoned on its gate – but in 1907 the landing point has been proposed to be half a mile further south, beyond the lifeboat station, and marked by a concrete memorial. However, new archaeological excavations performed since 2015 suggest instead that the landing occurred in [[Pegwell Bay]], in [[Thanet District|Thanet]], much further north along the coast.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sample |first=Ian |date=2017-11-29 |title=Caesar's invasion of Britain began from Pegwell Bay in Kent, say archaeologists |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/nov/29/caesars-invasion-of-britain-began-from-pegwell-bay-in-kent-say-archaeologists |work=Guardian |access-date=2021-01-06}}</ref>