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In lugnet.dear-lego, Kevin Wilson writes:
> Britain as a whole you could say was unconquered, but large parts of
> England (especially the southeast) were very solidly Roman for several
> hundred years -
Thinking this over, I have to admit that though Britain seems like a different
sort of situation, I'm not versed enough to make generalizations. There are the
facts: Caesar turned his back on Britain as if he didn't WANT to conquer it
after all, and much later follow-up invasions by Rome also depended on friendly
nations inside Britain for a base. So it's almost like the Romanised parts of
Britain were from the nations that welcomed them in, and the rest, well, stayed
a little wild. In the southeast, regions enjoyed centuries of stability. But I
can't say for sure that kind of assimilation is unusual. The Middle East and
Asia Minor is such a big tangle by comparison.
Britain as an island seems to make its history drastically different than the
rest of the world. The same old patterns apply differently.
> There are ruins of Romano-British
> structures all over the place.
Yes... yes! Scores and scores of... building ideas!
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| Erik Olson wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> Britain as a whole you could say was unconquered, but large parts of England (especially the southeast) were very solidly Roman for several hundred years - longer than the US has existed, so a non-trivial period (...) (24 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.castle)
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