14th October 2011, 11:28 AM
there is good reason to suppose that many 'british' people did not engage with roman culture until well into the 'roman period' if ever, and even if they did acquire a wheelmade pot it dont make them roman anymore than dino eating a big mac makes him american . in fact just because most of the south were using wheelmade pots and living in buildings with corners by the end of the 2nd century - most of them probably never even met a roman and may not even have realised that 200 years before that their forebears lived in circular mud huts and painted themselves blue. their apparent acculturation may have been no more than lip service and a need for a new saucepan
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