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Thread #127701   Message #2852609
Posted By: Dave MacKenzie
28-Feb-10 - 07:52 PM
Thread Name: BS: What did the Romans ever do for us?
Subject: RE: BS: What did the Romans ever do for us?
The Roman army was overstretched by the time they got to Scotland. They committed a disproportionate number of legions to Britain, unlike Germany where they wihdrew, or Dacia (Romania) where they wiped out the native people and planted a friendly population. It's probably significant that the British were the only Romanised Celts to retain their language rather than adopting Latin. Even the English with a millenium longer haven't managed to erradicate British.