3rd October 2011, 11:48 AM
i think revisionism is much underated as a way of seeing a lot of what dino alludes to. people may well talk about iron age peoples engaging with roman culture but calling any of them roman is unhelpful. and just because ones political masters have decreed 'you are Roman' it surely does not follow that the people paid it any more than lip service - unless it suited them to. time for a revision of the nomenclature?
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers