15th April 2011, 12:43 AM
Quote:Sorry...but what early Roman 'presence' isn't military????Traders. Middle men carrying Roman-style goods, not necessarily actually Roman. I'm assuming "Roman" in the wider sense of "from somewhere in the Roman Empire", rather than "from Rome" or "employees of the Roman State".
There were plenty of Roman goods and knick-knacks knocking around south-east and central southern England, before any of the hardcore skirt-wearers actually nanced onto Albion's soil.