1 posted on
10/21/2005 3:37:26 PM PDT by
blam
To: SunkenCiv
GGG Ping.
"We need to be more careful and sophisticated in the way we approach this. The period we are looking at was known as the Dark Ages, there is very little archeological or historical evidence from the time."
The Dark Ages: Were They Darker Than We Imagined?
2 posted on
10/21/2005 3:40:33 PM PDT by
blam
To: blam
Thousands of gold and silver artifacts from the Roman period, especially when the conquerors finally left these islands in the 4th and 5th centuries. Gee, you would expect that the English could construct a sentence in English.
3 posted on
10/21/2005 3:44:32 PM PDT by
ElkGroveDan
(California bashers will be called out)
To: blam
Rome relinquished formal government control over Brittain over 100 years BEFORE the beginning of the Dark Ages.
However, with the cessation of foreign trade (and the rise of Channel pirates), the gold and silver was simply buried because it had little internal use where direct trade was very common.
4 posted on
10/21/2005 3:51:16 PM PDT by
muawiyah
(/ hey coach do I gotta' put in that "/sarcasm " thing again? How'bout a double sarcasm for this one)
To: blam
I could see paper money, such as Confederate dollars being worthless, but gold? Surely not. Of course it could have been melted down and reused if not for money but certainly jewelry, goblets, and such.
5 posted on
10/21/2005 3:51:20 PM PDT by
mtbopfuyn
(Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
To: blam
Look for Italy to demand the return of this gold, claiming that the Brits plundered it from Rome.
7 posted on
10/21/2005 4:19:13 PM PDT by
Brilliant
To: Al Simmons; blam; FairOpinion; Ernest_at_the_Beach; StayAt HomeMother; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; asp1; ...
Thanks Blam. I agree with Al Simmons. Such hoards are found near other sites (such as the Mycenaean Greek cities) which were put to the sack.
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8 posted on
10/21/2005 10:45:40 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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