[abigkahuna]

Why couldn’t it be the helmet of a Roman Top Dog that the Briton had brought down in battle and they buried the trophy with him?

[SunkenCiv]

The picture of pre-Claudian Britain has changed in the last generation or so.

• 'Britain's first pre-Roman planned town' found near Reading
• What the Romans didn't do for us
• Find Of Roman Coins Shows Ancient Britons In A New Light
• Revealed: our friends the Romans did not invade Britain after all

[TEXOKIE]

That was exactly my question!

[BJClinton]

Because that wouldn’t get them a grant for further research.