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To: JoeDetweiler
Correct.

....some Britons fought in the Roman ranks.

It's always that way. Some locals side always with the invaders. I would refer to them as Quislings but it is too loaded a word.

38 posted on 01/12/2012 8:21:59 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: BenLurkin

No it is wrong to call them traitors. A National identy did not exist for these people. Their loyalty was to family-clan and tribe. The rival tribes were enemies. Allying with the Romans to vanquish a rival tribe was simply and example of “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” to them.


40 posted on 01/12/2012 9:03:29 AM PST by MNJohnnie (Giving more money to DC to fix the Debt is like giving free drugs to addicts think it will cure them)
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