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Have our Romans already departed?

Posted on July 24, 2017 by

Ah, the Dark Ages. That period in British history after the Romans went away where everything just stopped, or seemingly so. It didn’t of course. The record petered out. The accepted wisdom is that because people built in wood, drank … Continue reading →

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Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble

Posted on March 20, 2017 by

Rome, that is to say ancient Rome “fell”. Every schoolkid knows that. But a thought occurs to me. Was it the hordes of heathens knocking at the gate that told Romans, in a manner not unlike Nicholson in The Shining that … Continue reading →

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