At a time, when Anglo-Saxon liberty was being contrasted with the "Norman Yoke, " by English nationalist historians and novelists. (View Post)

The traditional view is that in Italy (albeit at a much earlier period), free tenants and smallholders were replaced by vast estates worked by slaves (which worried the Graachi and other military men… (View Post)

People tend to be riveted by finds of gold and silver artefacts, and jewellery, but as you say, pottery utensils and simple artefacts, tell us much. (View Post)

You should be pleased that we’re owning responsibility for our defence, rather than relying on the USA. (View Post)

My impression is that 5/6th century Britain was like the world of Mad Max. Both Anglo-Saxon, and Roman-British warlords, vying for supremacy. (View Post)