Looking for ifs and could bes .... this is it.

Facts that the current established Scottish Order like to ignore, the site is the work of retired cop, reciting the same old tripe we have heard for 400 years! Divide and rule ....

The natives called Picts used similar customs to their neighbors in Celtic England and Scotia (Ireland) they fought battles with their neighbors, traded with them and formed alliances as well. The Burial sites, Stones which are scattered all over the country show the links in granite.

The Romans - since speculation is all there seems to be - probably did not want the territory north of the border, too rugged and the land to bad for any benefit. Just my theory.

A far greater story lies in the ejection of the Roman from Britain and the role in that war of the Picts, Celts etc. In fact there is some evidence that it was a free for all as the Roman was driven slowly but firmly south. Even the Scoti came across from the wee isle, invited some say by the southern British, to share the spoils of the war.

On a point of information, there are no Scots today who could be pure Pict anymore than pure Celt.