General Roman economy video, with a comment on Britannia/living standards between 13-14 minutes in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NboXuLjnjxE Edited extra bit: and 18 minutes in for tech breakthrou… (View Post)

Mr. Cookie, the UK aspect is covered partly by Marc Morris' previously mentioned book on the Anglo-Saxons. Have you read Chris Wickham's Inheritance of Rome? It's a very good book. (View Post)

Mr. Cookie, kind of you to say so. However, there was a huge amount of warfare in what had been Britannia, and that was before the Vikings showed up. Roman urban centres were more defensible and this… (View Post)

Mr. Jonathan, yep. I once had a dream about playing with my dog. Normally when I wake up I'm a bit groggy or such but that morning I was raring to go downstairs and see her. And then I remembered she… (View Post)

A cashless society is a dystopian technologically controlled hell. (View Post)