Mr. kle4, yeah, and he seems to have genuinely liked the Anglo-Saxon culture. If the White Ship Disaster hadn't happened, things would've been very different. (View Post)

Mr. Doethur, I always think of Henry I, whose older brother very sadly and accidentally died during a hunting accident, necessitating Henry to immediately have a coronation ahead of his other older b… (View Post)

Mr. B, sorry for the slow reply, but Egypt being Rome's granary is both true and partially true. Africa (which then essentially meant Carthage/modern day Tunisia) was also critical. When the empire s… (View Post)

Mr. Romford, I agree on inheritance tax. The approach worked in the past but the circumstances then were different. The government's right not to buckle to crazy 35% pay claims, but being hardnosed o… (View Post)

Mr. Tres, 'fixed this' is certainly an accurate summation of what people like to do with history, by choice or error. See also: medieval armour was rubbish, the Romans leaving Britain was good for th… (View Post)