[colorado tanker]

The Romans must have sensed the Irish would be just too feisty to conquer, like the Scots. :-))

[SunkenCiv]

The Romans in Ireland
Archaeology Today | 2000? | L.A. Curchin
Posted on 07/18/2004 11:54:58 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
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[tarheelswamprat]

The Romans must have sensed the Irish would be just too feisty to conquer, like the Scots. :-))

More likely, they calculated it simply wasn't worth the effort or the cost in men and expense.

[ZULU]

I often wonder why the Romans bothered to invade Britain.

I think the real reason was to provide a defensive buffer against attacks upon, or colaborration with, the Celts in
Gaul.

If that were the case, the Roman presence in only Britain would have made sense.

The Roman Army would have had no problem to conquering either Ireland or Scotland. Both areas were inhabited by disunited tribes and although individually they were fearsome warriors, Roman organization and discipline would have triumphed in the end. Besides, by the time of the invasion of Britain, a lot of legionnaries themselves were Celts from Gaul or mixed Celtic-Roman peoples

The problem would have come AFTER conquering those areas.
The Romans, despite their excellant road system and effective troop movements, had simply exceeded the technological capacity of the time to control and administrate such a vast area. I think that was why Genghis Khan’s empire collapsed. Poor comunications and travel led to localized control and loss of central administrative power.