[mtbopfuyn]

The British also wore red and look what happened to them.

[Perdogg]

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[Oztrich Boy]

[bubman]

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[aft_lizard]

SO they didnt look like they did in the movie King Arthur?

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

The Germanic tribes west of the Oder actually succeeded in driving and keeping the Romans out.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

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[RoadTest]

"Dr Howell contends that the Welsh tribe was the cause of possibly the greatest headache for Rome as it tried to impose its ways on ancient Britain."

The Picts came at a Roman soldier in pairs. When one was impaled on the soldier's spear, the other one finished off the Roman soldier.

After the Romans finished building the 72-mile-long Hadrian's wall across the entire British island, to keep them out of Roman Briton, they came after the Romans around the end of the wall in boats!

[britemp]

'A HARDY band of Welshmen in red, who took on the might of the Italians 2,000 years ago'

Damn, they were clever. They took on the might of the Roman Army invading Britain 48 years before Rome invaded Britain!

Now that's what I call a pre-emptive strike! ;-)

[Hebrews 11:6]

"Lewis" is Welsh for "Warrior." We Lewises have the 20th most common last name on earth. Our great proliferation means we Lewises are not only good Warriors but great Lovers, too!

[blam]

The people who live behind Ofas Dyke have a very high concentration of one blood type. It's either 'A' or 'O' (I'm not going to reread the book), which are the most common in Europe. It's the high concentration of one or the other that is unique.

[GAB-1955]

What's the use of wearing braces ?
Vests and pants and boots with laces ?
Spats and hats you buy in places
Down the Brompton Road ?
What's the use of shirts of cotton ?
Studs that always get forgotten ?
These affairs are simply rotten,
Better far is woad.
Woad's the stuff to show men.
Woad to scare your foemen.
Boil it to a brilliant hue
And rub it on your back and your abdomen.
Ancient Briton ne'er did hit on
Anything as good as woad to fit on
Neck or knees or where you sit on.
Tailors you be blowed !!

[Sam Ketcham]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/history/sites/language/pages/romans.shtml

"In Wales the Romans faced a mighty struggle to subdue the native tribes, particularly the Silures of the South East. After 70 AD they managed to pacify them, and after building a fort at Caerleon (Isca Silurum) to keep the peace, they established a town at present day Caerwent which they called
Venta Silurum, or Town of the Silures. With the Latin 'v' pronounced as 'w', the memory of Rome was preserved when Venta became the post-Roman kingdom of Gwent.

By then the Brittonic speakers faced new invaders from three points of the compass. Commonly know as the Barbarians, these different tribes were to have a profound influence on the languages spoken in Britain. One group in particular was responsible for a language which much later would dominate the world." (Mexican?)

Marty McFly: Yeah, well, history is gonna change.

[Dysart]

Excellent find

[LexBaird]

I know why they painted their chariots red. The red ones go faster.

[Ptarmigan]

Welsh are genetically similar to Basque people. The Welsh were in the British Islands before the Celts, Romans, and Anglos came.