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the Irish were coastal raiders. St. Patrick was taken to Ireland as a slave at first.
In one of Viggen's archaeological posts there is reference made to Roman artifacts being discovered in Ireland.
Do you have a link to that post, or if not, were such artifacts attributed to trade or raiding?
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Thanks for the warning Pertinax.
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When I was younger, I always thought the Republic represented the continuation almost of Hellenistic social and political development in ideals, but in reality I now very much doubt that.
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From Iran to China, and in North Africa, camels are still used today for ploughing.
Would you have any images of that in practice? My main reason for questioning the original image was the mechanics of it (camels being rather tall).
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Yep - unfortunately that was for real. Jade Goody has been foisted on the British Public as a 'celebrity' on the back of a downmarket TV programme called 'Big Brother'. The basic theme of that programme is thus: 12 unstable, slightly dim, sometimes vulnerable people of dubious educational level are selected by audition, and placed in a confining environment over a period of several weeks. The British public then derive 'entertainment' from the antics of the inmates, whom the programme delibrately provoke into atrocious displays of egocentricity, bullying and occasional sexual fumblings. Occasionally, one of the inmates is quite intelligent and perhaps attractive. Needless to say, they usually find themselves at the receiving end of shameful acts of bullying and even racist abuse.
Unfortunately Jade Goody, a brash, materialistic waste of DNA with a lot to say about F*** all, has become a celebrity due to her coarse, vulgar and distasteful posturing. She now has several million pounds in her bank account, largely because millions of my fellow Brits sit glued to this televisual junk and regard it as exciting. I feel genuinely saddened and a little scared that this kind of garbage is at the top of our TV ratings.
One of the fairest, most accurate descriptions I've heard of BB and Ms Goody
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Though, as a British reader, I will never understand why French cartoonists should make fun of us for shaking hands. French people shake hands far more often than we do!
They also thankfully play rugby as much, but in the book it's seemas terribly British. All good fun though.
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Wasnt Mons Grapius a great victory aswell as that battle Julian had..i think at Strasbourg or something where he defeated the Alemanni?
I always thought the odds at Mons Graupius were only 2:3 against Agricola,and while a 'great victory'for him, it ultimately did little to secure Caledonia for the Romans.
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*For our non British friends, 'Big Brother' is a TV prog that involves putting 12 vulnerable and slightly dim people in a cramped environment, and deriving entertainment from their posturing, tantrums and possible sexual liasons. It is, sadly, one of our most popular TV programmes. Occasionally a brash, materialistic loudmouth is selected from their number, and is foisted on the British public as a 'celebrity', despite the fact no - one can stand her. Or him (whoops).
Hear, hear!!!!
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... and when I went to a tractor shop in the next town to buy a chain for my chainsaw I was served by a helpful young man whom I had difficulty distinguishing from Obelix. He didn't offer me a menhir.
Looked like Obelix???? I bet he's a wow with the ladies
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Many thanks Primus Pilus!
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You're a Brigante but I'll let that go this time
All the best
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The manica (forearm) and ocrea (greaves) became fairly common in the Dacian campaigns due to the Dacian Falx.
That's what I've read, but were they in evidence before then?
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If civilization is the Congestion Charge, increased Council Tax to pay for the Council Tax, an inability to finish Wembley, a terrorist threat, overpriced housing and a high crime rate, I'm going back oop north to my cave in the Cheviots!
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Just a quick question re: Trajan's wars, was it during this time that the use of legionary forearm armour was introduced?
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Looks how I'd imagine Caesar.
I see Rex Harrison (and rest his soul) but I just think of Dr. Doolittle.
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A related article
The article overall is good in its honesty that in the end the subject will probably never be truly solved but then the author writes "There is no evidence that we are wrong to wear blue and the wearing of white would surely be incorrect for field order" without reference to sources other than what his group of reenactors wear
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I was always amused by the little footnote in Caesar's 'Conquest of Gaul' where he states that the most civilised of the Britons live in Kent! To a rough Northerner like me, we would say that perceptions haven't really changed much in 2000 years!
I'm trying to imagine Brigantes with flatcaps and whippets
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They might have been accompanied by a (private?) contingent of legionaries to protect against bandits. Minor clashes could have occurred with Norsemen.
During the Empire, how common would such private retinues have been?
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And if all Druids were like Getafix, no wonder the Romans wanted them suppressed
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I voted for Rome, the birthplace and the model for the heart of the kingdom, republic and empire.
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Although the Eastern Roman Emperor existed until 1453, did the 'Roman state' exist till then or were simply vestiges hung onto in the hope of legitimizing rival regimes?
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I've always thought such distinctions passed at the end of the 2nd Cent.BC with the Marian reforms.
Your Hidden Roman Name
in Colosseum
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I bet I come out as a slave on a pig farm near Lindum....
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