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To: SunkenCiv
"It is interesting in ways that are very different from the rest of Britain. The Romans never subjugated Wales, and didn't really get their hands on Scotland, but in England by and large they were assimilated into the everyday English life.

Funny, since the English weren't actually in England until the Roman rule collapsed. They were a tribe in Northern Germany at the time. I think the guy meant to say that in the parts of Britain that later became England, the Romans assimilated into British life.

7 posted on 06/27/2006 11:27:38 PM PDT by Defiant (MSM are holding us hostage. Vote Dems into power, or they will let the terrorists win.)
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To: Defiant

I thought the Angles were there. It was the Saxons that came later. I think some of the Angles then migrated to the French coast.


8 posted on 06/27/2006 11:34:42 PM PDT by marsh2
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To: Defiant; marsh2
"Funny, since the English weren't actually in England until the Roman rule collapsed. They were a tribe in Northern Germany at the time. "

I don't know about that. History teacher Adrian Targett can trace his roots in England back 9,000 years.

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13 posted on 06/28/2006 5:03:25 AM PDT by blam
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To: Defiant

And, the Romans did indeed occupy Wales.


24 posted on 06/28/2006 11:06:24 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Wednesday, June 21, 2006.)
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