Posted on 06/27/2006 10:15:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The Romans were a methodical people, not given to acts of folly - so why did they apparently build a road to nowhere? Known as the Peddars Way, it is a typically straight track marching from near Thetford directly through the heart of west Norfolk until it peters out at an isolated coastal spot at Holme, and is now favoured by walkers and cyclists... There was a Roman settlement at nearby Brancaster, known as Branodunum, but if that had been the destination they would surely have gone straight there instead of hitting the coastline and then meandering eastwards for a couple of miles... Peddars Way was one of a number of routes that the Romans carved through East Anglia, and was probably finished around 70 AD. Its name is more recent, however, referring to its use as a thoroughfare for pedlars. It has been designated a National Trail, and runs from Knettishall Heath near Thetford for 46 miles to the sea, passing near Anmer, Fring and Ringstead before meeting the dunes at Holme. Andrew says there is little else quite like it.
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They figured out that sacking every civilization and taking it for their own, did not lead them where they wanted. Hence, the road to nowhere...
It was supposed to be a Road to the 1st Century as first proposed by the Sink Emperor, Billibus Philanderii Clintonius. Like everything else he did, it never went anywhere, and remains a stain on the intern of time.
Vaguely remember reading something like this. Anyway, now I see where Clinton went for all his advice...
And, the Romans did indeed occupy Wales.
That was an mtDNA study. Even assuming the results of such studies are valid (and I don't), Targett and the cave man remains could have a common female ancestor. The Angles, Saxons, and Jutes weren't even in Germany 9000 years ago.
Thanks.
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