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Site of huge Iron Age feast celebration found on Orkney
Scotsman ^
| Thursday, March 15, 2018
| Alison Campsie
Posted on 03/20/2018 12:35:28 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: Berosus
Sure beats the all-you-can-eat buffet at Hoss’.
To: SunkenCiv
I thought Otterman was in Turkey.
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posted on
03/20/2018 3:09:34 PM PDT
by
bunkerhill7
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To: Berosus
I'd speculate that both the food and the people came from outside, a one-time thing, perhaps their last big blowout before a rematch with the Romans, and before they found out that the Roman emperor had withdrawn the army from Caledonia.
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03/20/2018 4:14:45 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: blueplum
They went down to the beach, where the boats were, as if getting ready to embark.
But they were just stallion.
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03/20/2018 4:17:17 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: bunkerhill7
“the Ottoman Empire. Like, what was this? A whole empire based on putting your feet up?” — Jerry Seinfeld
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03/20/2018 4:59:16 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: livius
unfortunate local counts or other petty nobility - who were expected to put on a massive feast for the entire countryside that would virtually bankrupt the hosts. But that was actually part of the strategy. Elizabeth I used state visits as a weapon against nobles she suspected of intrigue. They had a hard time plotting while she, and her retinue were at their home, and so long as she stayed tradition and honor demanded that they lay out kingly, umm, queenly, feasts and entertainment. By the time she left they were too busy staving off creditors to indulge in plotting.
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posted on
03/20/2018 5:15:38 PM PDT
by
Pilsner
To: Pilsner
Well, feasting and economic depletion works too, and it’s sure a lot less bloody!
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posted on
03/20/2018 5:16:57 PM PDT
by
livius
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