City of Fables Unearths Real Heroes from Roman Era

Reuters ^ | 2/11/05 | Jeremy Laurence

[Dave Elias]

The place where the Romans fought Boudicca was certainly nowhere near Colchester.

[Dave Elias]

"“ Twas in that place o’ Scotland isle, That bears the name o’ auld King Coil.” Robert Burns
Genealogy of Old King Coil (Cole):"Coel of Ayrshire (the third Coel aprox 400AD) should be separated from the second Coel/Cole (aprox 305 AD), who was the founder of Colchester and father of St. Helena, and from the first Cole (King Coilus, 95-154 AD), father of Lucius.[Old King Cole]


local tradition in Kyle, the district name derives from the ancient King, popularly known today as Old King Cole

"The Welsh leader was Gwendolew, who claimed descent from Coel Hen--Old King Cole. But there was still a Roman party among these northern Britons...""

Well so says Geofrey of Monmouth anyway. However he wrote about 800years after the event, so one has to question the veracity of what he writes about Cole since much of his other 'histories' are complete bollocks.

[R. Scott]

Off the track, emotions would have run high too. "There was more chance of being hurt in clashes between supporters then there was on the track," says Robert Masefield, an archeologist in Colchester.

So the English Rugby fan’s actions are just a long standing tradition?

[endthematrix]

Press reports and follow with pictures and comment from the hugely attended public open day on Saturday 22nd January 2005 found at:

http://www.camulos.com/circus.htm

[mass55th]

Have you had the opportunity to watch the program "Time Team?" I live in Central New York State and in my area, it shows on Wednesday nights on the History International Channel, within a program titled "History Explorer." The series is ongoing, but the programs I've been viewing appear to be a few years old, and History International has a tendency to rerun them within a couple of weeks of each other. I'm sure there are plenty that I've never seen.

The archaeology team travels all across the United Kingdom, digging sites that produce information about Saxon, Roman, Norman, etc. history. They've even dug WWII related sites. On the program, they have three days to dig trenches to prove their theories. I'm not sure who funds them, but they seem to have plenty of money to bring in specialists, and big machinery to get the work done. It's all quite interesting.

The website:

Time Team

It appears that they have a magazine publication, but I believe it is only available in the U.K. I'd certainly be interested in being able to subscribe to it. I'd also be interested in DVD's of all the series programming over the years.

[lepton]

Trier in Western Germany is pretty neat. Among other things, the Porta Nigra is there.

[lepton]

Hmm, do you know - is she, perhaps, the origin of the word "bodacious?"

yep.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Aetius]

Well yes, I agree that the sight of a scantily-clad Keira Knightley is a good thing, a very good thing in fact, but I just found the whole concept of a woman with her physique taking part and doing well in a grueling 5th century battle to be a bit much.

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