7th October 2011, 05:36 PM
P Prentice Wrote:and back to the mars bar - Britain didnt become Roman in 43AD or at any other time
"Discuss" is just begging to be added to that...
Parts of Britannia were Roman pretty darn quickly after 43AD...then it spread a bit until all the hoo har about how much wasn't conquered with the Stanegate, Hadrian's, Antoninus' or the whatever it's called degree line (mind gone blank...sorry. Old age).
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Merlot in one hand, Cigar in the other; body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, what a ride!