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Why didn\'t the Romans conquer Scotland?

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Why didn\'t the Romans conquer Scotland?
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05-03-2010, 04:05 PM
Quote:Cassius Dio claims that Severus intended 'conquest', but the Severan notion of conquest was more a military flattening than actual integration into the empire. ... is there any reason to assume that the Caledonian expedition was intended to be different?
Fortress at Carpow sounds pretty permanent to me.
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Re: Why didn\'t the Romans conquer Scotland? - by D B Campbell - 05-03-2010, 04:05 PM

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