Posted on 11/09/2010 6:57:31 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Once you’ve gone italic, you never go back.
You ribbed me good. =)
I pelvis sleep and missed the whole thing.
Fracture I did!
Very humerus. You all would be good at Tibial Pursuit.
Ouch! You hit my funny bone. =) (that was very good by the way)
Roman armies advanced across the Scottish Lowlands twice. In the 80's AD Agricola defeated the Caledonians in the Battle of Mons Graupius, but he was recalled to subdue trouble elsewhere and Scotland was abandoned.
This article seems to be referring to the second attempt at occupation, the building of the Antonine Wall across central Scotland, but they were only there about 20 years.
I'm sure contact with Rome educated the Scots about the world and probably led to trade, but it's hard to see how these early contacts led to their conversion to Christianity.
Scotland’s conversion was via the already-converted Ireland, during that period of a few centuries between the Scots’ arrival in Scotland from Ireland, and the Viking invasions, pillage, rape, etc. The thrust of the opinion in the original appears to be coming from an agenda.
You mean the Scots don't want to admit their conversion to Christianity and inclusion in western civilization came by way of the Irish and not the Romans?? My, my, that doesn't sound like we're celebrating diversity, does it??
;’) Haggis you’re right. ;’)
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