03-30-2008, 09:12 PM
Sorry :oops: my bad what i ment to say was Chester's (deva) was the biggest fort in the western Roman world (At 60 acers). I got the info from watching A new show on the History Channel (Brittan's lost megger fortress) and i was reading a book Chesters City of Eagles i think the name of the book was.
(I agree with the resources arguement. No offence to the Irish, but compared to the island of Britain, Ireland lacks natural resources. Britian had not just tin, but gold in Wales, navigable rivers etc. Although, if the Romans managed to make it as far as Britain surley they would have been curious as to what was the other side of the Irish sea? )
Thats is un-true Ireland had gold and some of the best gold smith's in the world. irish gold was found as far as france i think,
(I agree with the resources arguement. No offence to the Irish, but compared to the island of Britain, Ireland lacks natural resources. Britian had not just tin, but gold in Wales, navigable rivers etc. Although, if the Romans managed to make it as far as Britain surley they would have been curious as to what was the other side of the Irish sea? )
Thats is un-true Ireland had gold and some of the best gold smith's in the world. irish gold was found as far as france i think,
"The Kaiser knows the Munsters,
by the Shamrock on their caps,
And the famous Bengal Tiger, ever ready for a scrap,
And all his big battalions, Prussian Guards and grenadiers,
Fear to face the flashing bayonets of the Munster Fusiliers."
Go Bua
by the Shamrock on their caps,
And the famous Bengal Tiger, ever ready for a scrap,
And all his big battalions, Prussian Guards and grenadiers,
Fear to face the flashing bayonets of the Munster Fusiliers."
Go Bua
