06-21-2007, 06:17 AM
Quote:I remember that quote very well, actually. It was in the Timewatch episode on Tony Wilmot's excavation of the amphitheatre at Chester in 2004, which also included a cameo performance from one of our mutual acquaintances: the outgoing Chester City Council archaeologistIf they really said that on Timewatch, I'm beginning to think the standards of that show are beginning to emulate the History Channel.
Keith Matthews. 8)
I mean, "would have become, if not".. You would think they found a document with plans to actually move the government from the recently renamed current capital, Londinium. Which, apparently, is so strategically placed in Britain that apparently since it took over the position of capital from Camelodunum, no-one besides Hitler (who favored Oxford) seems to have even contemplated moving the seat of governemnt elsewhere.
Therefore I must remain slightly baffled about this statement.
I bet Keith made quite an impression on TV! :wink:
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
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MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
