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2000-year-old ancient Roman Road, described as the most important in Scottish history, has been discovered
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| November 3, 2023
| Oguz Buyukyildirim
Posted on 11/07/2023 8:10:03 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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The picture shows Dr. Murray Cook (bottom left) and other members of the dig with the remains of the ancient Roman Road.Photo: Stirling Council
![Photo: Stirling Council](https://arkeonews.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Dr.-Murray-Cook-1024x576.jpeg)
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posted on
11/07/2023 8:10:03 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
The firth of forth?....................
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posted on
11/07/2023 8:11:09 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
11/07/2023 8:12:21 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Red Badger
Forth has a firth, but this road uses a ford.
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posted on
11/07/2023 8:12:51 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
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posted on
11/07/2023 8:14:23 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: SunkenCiv
So this was the first to ford the firth of Forth?............
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posted on
11/07/2023 8:14:35 AM PST
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: SunkenCiv
And...the next thing you know...
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posted on
11/07/2023 8:18:06 AM PST
by
moovova
("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
To: SunkenCiv
Based on this article, I took a quick look at General Julius Agricola‘s biography. I was amazed to see how far north he went in Scotland.
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posted on
11/07/2023 8:18:16 AM PST
by
Leaning Right
(The steal is real.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
11/07/2023 8:18:21 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: dfwgator
Oh, nice, I didn’t check that before I did what I did. [blush]
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posted on
11/07/2023 8:19:04 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: SunkenCiv
“We know that a ford has been recorded here..." They should show the ford.
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posted on
11/07/2023 8:25:49 AM PST
by
Beowulf9
To: SunkenCiv
What archaeologists found was the worn-down and eroded surface of the road, which was not maintained after the Roman period.Sounds like many roads in Pennsylvania.
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posted on
11/07/2023 8:26:25 AM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(Faux News: "We distort, you deride")
To: SunkenCiv
I’d need a fifth to ford the firth of Forth because I can’t swim very well.............
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posted on
11/07/2023 8:28:59 AM PST
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Leaning Right
Agricola’s ships circumnavigated Britain, probably also did the same with Ireland, and he planned to move the provincial capital to Chester, and to conquer Ireland. Apparently he made a reconnaissance in force (probably of short duration) and built a fortified trading post on a peninsula north of Dublin.
His appointment as provincial governor was extended because he had such big plans and was effective, reliable, and loyal.
Overall, his campaign in Caledonia probably led to the overall success of Roman Britain, the Picts and Irish enjoyed the benefits of trade. There were a couple of times Roman direct rule was extended to the Antonine Wall, but there really wasn’t much of any value in Caledonia or Hibernia, and the Romans had other things to worry about. The last campaign was by Septimius Severus, whose dynasty collapsed after his death, and that collapse helped usher in the Crisis of the Third Century.
The Scots were an Irish tribe that didn’t cross into Scotland until the Romans had been gone from Britain for about a century.
The Scandinavian Vikings swarmed all over the British Isles throughout the Middle Ages, with the final victory in 1066, when Viking descendant William the Conqueror / the Usurper / the Bastard (he was called all three of those, still is) destroyed the last of the Anglo-Saxon nobility.
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posted on
11/07/2023 8:36:31 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: Red Badger
I’d need a fifth to ford the firth of Forth because I can’t swim very well ~
Free association: Firth of Fifth
To: Red Badger; All
Everybody, this is probably going to go on a while.
You’ll need your fists to filch a fifth to ford the Firth of Forth because of the local folks.
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posted on
11/07/2023 8:40:17 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: ConservativeInPA
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posted on
11/07/2023 8:41:46 AM PST
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Leaning Right
Based on this article, I took a quick look at General Julius Agricola‘s biography. I was amazed to see how far north he went in Scotland.
He MUST be important, he is taught on the first page of every decent Latin I book I have ever seen (except Wheelock).
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posted on
11/07/2023 8:43:19 AM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
To: dfwgator
To: Fresh Wind
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posted on
11/07/2023 8:45:54 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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