His obit was placed on several of the groups I belong to. It is sad to see him go, but it was a productive life he lead, and he could be proud of it. nancy in...
... sad to see ... of it. ... FIRST RESPONSE; It seems to me not many people in the Roman related groups seem to notice this; I got the info from the Greek ...
He made history of the ancient world accessible. He will be missed. Jim Roberts Carol Stream, IL USA ... <nljmail@w...> ... proud ... sigler ... 1 ... ...
Morning Everyone, if you didn't know, there has been a substantial dig at the amphitheatre in Chester this summer, set to continue over the next two summers....
Am going to try and encourage people to discuss on this group by posting some articles you might like to read (some of them are a bit old, but I'm trying to...
Hi - just joined this group. I am based near Carlisle and an avid fan of the Wall. In fact last year I walked along it and my book about the experinence is...
I'd like to find a book that presents a good overview of Roman Britain written for the layman, preferably with illustrations and/or photographs. Your...
Adam Hart Davis has some very interesting points to make in the programmes "What the Romans did for us." You might like to see if the BBC have any books...
Thanks for all the links to various sites including one for Bignor. It prmpts me to compare Bignor with Fishbourne since they ae geographically not that far...
hi all I've got to do an essay for my assignment. 'why did claudius invade britain in AD43' Any one got any ideas how i can start the essay? Any help will be...
I don't know much about the political ramifications of why he would do it, but I have a couple of suggestions... 1- because it was there. 2- because it was one...
Claudius invaded Britain because of the huge natural resources such as iron for weapons, gold to pay the army, (he was a massive supporter of the army, because...
1 That is a load of crap 2 Wales had at the time more untapped gold, rather than food. 3 There was a great deal of trade as far away as Ethiopia to as far...
I was always lead to believe (in books such as Romanization of Britain by Martin Millett) that the costs of invasion far outweighed any economic benefit. Not...
You needn't at me... I think you should learn to tone down your language... ... Well, I said tin & the Brits did a good deal better at farming than the ...
He invaded Britian because Caesar did; he invaded Britian because the natural resources were there. But mostly, Claudius did it for political reasons and that...
Sarah, Thank you for this excellent suggestion. Although, many times, war over natural resources SEEMS like a good idea, before & turns out to be a HORRIBLE...
David, Thanks for this suggestion, I will look for it. I hope that our poor student has the time to do this reading. Also, why did Julius invade Britain?...
... wrote: A RESPONSE;I am repeating myself because I am not certain my first response went anywhere. Computer is acting up. Anyway, I believe he invaded...
... Known here in East Anglia as Boudicca: we blame her for the poor postal service up here- we think she's still lurking somewhere.....this is a very rural...
"I still think, in Roman terms, invading someplace, -- Because it was there -- is as logical a reason as any."nancy Well-that was the reason given by Sir...
... You got there before me Nancy: Courtesy is something that should be observed on any Group and the "Crap" is certainly not polite usage in England-maybe ...
Thought I'd better send this out to everyone so you all know. A while back we had real problems with spammers. Therefore I switched on the 'moderate new...
I noticed someone asked about books so I thought I'd post a couple of relevant book reviews Roman Lincoln http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba71/book.shtml#book3 ...
Thank you, this is much more concise than i could have put it!. Just because an expert says it is true does not make it so. The Romans already knew for instace...
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