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To: centurion316
There' s no Roman newspaper morgue, or archive of reports from the legions, but the surviving information shows that the most habitable and pleasant parts of Britain were conquered straight away, and the dumps (Caledonia for instance) were not bothered with. Britain was a popular place to live and the locals adopted a number of Roman cultural norms. The economy boomed and traded by sea even into Byzantine times, it remained remote from tumults on the continent, and the supposed revolts were short-lived and quickly eliminated and forgotten. Literally the only evidence Boudicca ever lived is found in a Roman account. Modern nationalism among Europeans has included looky-heres to exaggerated ancient resistance that not only was brief and clearly unpopular, but involved earlier coats of paint that the current locals' ancestors superseded.

20 posted on 03/22/2020 10:02:57 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Roman commanders, including Vespasian did not make their reputations with peaceful arrangements with local tribes. Conquest paid off, so their accounts may have been slightly exaggerated
41 posted on 03/22/2020 11:59:38 AM PDT by centurion316 (.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Literally the only evidence Boudicca ever lived is found in a Roman account.

Boy, did she ever get her butt handed to her HERE. in 60 A.D. (7:15)

Some neat displays of Roman Tactics (starts at 2:00) - discipline beats a mob, despite the odds.

43 posted on 03/22/2020 12:14:53 PM PDT by Oatka
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To: SunkenCiv
***The economy boomed and traded by sea even into Byzantine times, it remained remote from tumults on the continent, and the supposed revolts were short-lived and quickly eliminated and forgotten***

well, of course there was Hadrian's Wall... ;^) Those Pesky Picts...

45 posted on 03/22/2020 12:58:26 PM PDT by Bob Ireland (The Democrap Party is the enemy of freedom.They use all the seductions and deceits of the Bolshevics)
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