12-19-2007, 02:51 AM
Salway (and others) place it in the north west in the approximate area (of Cumbria and Westmoreland) that was later to become Rheged. A later offer (Moffat - 'Arthur and the Lost Kingdoms') places it as a buffer state north of Hadrians Wall with Theodosian military appointees heading up the sapling kingdoms of Strathclyde, Gododdin (Votadini) and the southern marches of Rheged to prevent a repeat of the barbarian incursions of 367.
I quite like this theory which appears to support an active Theodosian frontier policy which also has slight archaeological backing in the finds made at Traprain Law supposedly proving a Roman presence in the area in the late 4th century.
Any schools of thought out there ? Plus - did Valentia exist before AD 367 ?
Romanonick/Nick Deacon.
I quite like this theory which appears to support an active Theodosian frontier policy which also has slight archaeological backing in the finds made at Traprain Law supposedly proving a Roman presence in the area in the late 4th century.
Any schools of thought out there ? Plus - did Valentia exist before AD 367 ?
Romanonick/Nick Deacon.
Romanonick/Nick Deacon
