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    Definitely, Cumbria is chock-a-block with Norse name elements (fell, howe, pike, tarn, thwaite, gill, beck, etc) though still enough Brythonic and Angle to spice the toponymy up.
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    Simon Scarrow

    votadini replied to votadini's topic in Libri

    Thanks for all the opinions so far. I generally prefer my historical fiction (admittedly, I generally prefer history works themselves) along the lines of Umberto Eco, but I have delved into Cornwell et al in the past. Never, in my opinion, going to win a Nobel but any ripping yarn will sometimes do to pass the time.
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    He certainly took the dangerously insane angle in the portrayal.
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    Simon Scarrow

    votadini posted a topic in Libri

    I just picked up a copy of Simon Scarrow's 'Under the Eagle' in a local Oxfam. I've never read one of his works before, so do they come recommended?
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    It's generally thought that place-names ending in '-by' (Grimsby, Whitby, Birkby) indicate Norse settlement.
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    Not really my cup of tea either, but it's an art museum so only to be expected they were going to adopt a styling not suited to more conservative tastes. And, after twenty years everyone will probably be used to it (see the Sydney Opera House or the Pompadou Centre) and be outshone by a new wave of architects trying to make their name.
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    Understandable though, since the buildings of Roman Britain is such a large topic and in only one volume.
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    A very good book, a must for anyone interested in Roman architecture this side of the Channel.
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    I've just finished 'Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, and 'Day of the Barbarians' by Alessandro Barbero, very well written but I'm sure he could have put much more detail in.
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    If she looked anything akin to the coin (or the woman at Northern Neil's launderette) she must have been VERY seductive
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    King Shish Kebab II
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    Hear, hear! I'm an admirer of Attenborough but all day every Sunday can sap one's endurance.
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    Caesar; "This isn't what I meant by cuts in government!!"
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    I honestly wouldn't know, but off the top of my head I think they're just available on Sky, Telewest or Freeview.
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    Maybe of interest to those in the UK; http://uktv.co.uk/index.cfm/uktv/UKTV.tv/c...-17/startTime/6 Seems to be quite a few Roman/Ancient programmes on this day.
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    Even as late as the 18th Century there were still markets and festivities taking place on the frozen Thames in London (the end of what I believe they call the last Mini-Ice Age).
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    Ozzy now might be a sad disgrace but he WAS Black Sabbath; without him they're now just a bunch of old men better suited to pub gigs
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    But don't quote me on that, just brainstorming .
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    Just 'thinking' off the top of my head, Egypt was a famous exporter of grain due to the fertility of the banks of the Nile, and Sicily was probably more forested in those days and thus the soil was more firmly secured to the earth.
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    But the issue is whether the Picts, Scottis, et alia, would have been so troublesome had the Romans not invaded in the first place.
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    Very interesting, but what was the image presented on the BBC web link; an attempted reconstruction or the home of a rural hippie?
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    Rome And Usa.

    votadini replied to WotWotius's topic in Arena

    Just typical, after I pay all the extra Council Tax to fund the flipping Olympics and then the World goes and ends.
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    'Lost Legion' is about Honorius being taken to Britannia, etc, not China.
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    I tend to agree (although not complaining about Roman remains being visible in the UK) that those 3 legions and countless numbers of auxilia could have been deployed in Gallia if the occupation's intention had been to prevent aid to discontented Gauls. But then Claudius wouldn't have won himself a triumph for that.
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    Thanks for all the replies, most enlightening.
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