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Unruly Brigantes and Other Animals
Feb. 1st, 2012 09:49 amI'm reading 'Britannia : The Failed State" by Stuart Laycock. No, it's not modern politics ;-)
The premise is that the tribal groups within Roman Britain were much more differentiated than most histories assume, and that they were never effectively submerged into a coherent Roman province. Even in the second and third centuries, he thinks there was a lot more intertribal raiding even in Southern England than is documented. In particular he thinks the Iceni came West to raid the Catuvellauni (around London and the Southeast) and the Brigantes (biggest tribe in Britain, remember) regularly came charging South to loot Corieltauvi land around Leicestershire from about 140AD onwards.
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The premise is that the tribal groups within Roman Britain were much more differentiated than most histories assume, and that they were never effectively submerged into a coherent Roman province. Even in the second and third centuries, he thinks there was a lot more intertribal raiding even in Southern England than is documented. In particular he thinks the Iceni came West to raid the Catuvellauni (around London and the Southeast) and the Brigantes (biggest tribe in Britain, remember) regularly came charging South to loot Corieltauvi land around Leicestershire from about 140AD onwards.
( Read more...and more! and more! )
