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To: SunkenCiv

Man!

They’re still working on Vindolanda!


5 posted on 02/02/2026 5:30:37 PM PST by an amused spectator (principled conservatism is Lefty subterfuge)
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To: an amused spectator
I'd imagine that work there will go on for a long while, mainly due to the discarded written notes. One scholar who had suspected that the Romans had a nickname for the locals said, in one discarded draft of a report, a Roman officer referred to them as "dirty little Brits".

8 posted on 02/02/2026 10:12:35 PM PST by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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