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1 posted on 10/21/2005 3:37:26 PM PDT by blam
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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
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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
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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 (Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Sunday, August 14, 2005.)
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