[nickcarraway]

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[commonasdirt]

Hey, in all liklihood those were my ancestors. Can I sue the Italians?

[Colonel Kangaroo]

The Celts' biggest enemy of all time.

[BIRDS]

Yeah, the "Scots" -- name invading Romans to Britain called the people to the north and west -- were "fierce" to the Romans and so they stopped their occupation at a Southern-to-Mid point in England.

Thus, their land was called, "Scotland." Which, originally, was both Northern England and Ireland to the West...all those unconquerable, fierce folks to the Romans called "Scots," the origination of that name and (part of) the land itself.

Interesting history.

[Servant of the 9]

"But the Romans did not tolerate insurgency and they would have stamped down on it hard, destroying the settlements and selling the population into slavery."

The Romans found that the same policy also worked in the Middle East.

Something to consider.

So9

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Nick. I noticed a version of this story, but it called the Iceni "insurgents". No political anachronisms at work there, not at all. ;')

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[dangus]

I couldn't help but chuckle at seeing the headline under current events.

[wildbill]

Of course the Roman advance stopped at the line across Britain where they constructed two walls, the most famous of which is Hadrian's.

Apparently, the goal of defeating the Scots and controlling all of the island wasn't worth the losses in men and treasure.

That left the Scots as one of the few European groups that were never subjugated by the Romans.

[aculeus]

James Webb's book about their American descendants ...

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0767916883/qid=1121012161/sr=1-8/ref=sr_1_8/103-5859474-5135821?v=glance&s=books

[Redcloak]

At least the Romans didn't do something really horrible to them; like putting underwear on their heads.

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[Vanders9]

The Romans didnt build an empire by holding meetings...