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On Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:20:27 +0100, brightside S9
wrote:

I don't think that will stop him doing a territory annexation
southwards up to Hadrian's Wall. He'll probably claim that the
southern boundary of Caledonia was marked out by the Romans some teens
of centuries ago.

That's going to **** him up, then.
Antonine's Wall pre-dated Hadrian's Wall by many years.
Look it up.

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Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:

Antonine's Wall pre-dated Hadrian's Wall by many years.

Huh? Antoninus was Hadrian's successor and adopted son.

-- Richard

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On Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:20:27 +0100, brightside S9
wrote:

I don't think that will stop him doing a territory annexation
southwards up to Hadrian's Wall. He'll probably claim that the
southern boundary of Caledonia was marked out by the Romans some teens
of centuries ago.

That's going to **** him up, then.
Antonine's Wall pre-dated Hadrian's Wall by many years.
Look it up.

I don't think it did.

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On Sun, 02 Sep 2012 09:27:46 +0100, brightside S9
wrote:

On Sat, 01 Sep 2012 14:30:35 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon
wrote:

On Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:20:27 +0100, brightside S9
wrote:

I don't think that will stop him doing a territory annexation
southwards up to Hadrian's Wall. He'll probably claim that the
southern boundary of Caledonia was marked out by the Romans some teens
of centuries ago.

That's going to **** him up, then.
Antonine's Wall pre-dated Hadrian's Wall by many years.
Look it up.


Whoosh!

Whoosh yourself - you obviously don't know what your're talking about.

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On Sun, 2 Sep 2012 09:09:04 +0000 (UTC),
(Richard Tobin) wrote:

Antonine's Wall pre-dated Hadrian's Wall by many years.

Huh? Antoninus was Hadrian's successor and adopted son.

Younger /older, who cares?
The point is, the northernmost point of Roman occupation was
Antonine's Wall, not Hadrian's.
Fwiw, it had stuck in my head at an early age the Romans had an
initial occupation line that stopped south of the Highland Line, where
Antonine's Wall is.
It would seem that what I was taught was wrong - there was a later
push north from Hadrian's Wall to keep the savage *******s at bay and
maybe push some civilisation down their throats, along with a sword.
Ill-fated venture that was, and they had to retreat to their lonely,
wind-swept line of rocks near Carlisle.

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Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
On Sun, 26 Aug 2012 12:22:11 GMT, Paul Ratcliffe
wrote:

Roll on putting the wall back up, and checkpoints on all the cross
border routes to keep the Jocks out of England without a legitimate
reason.

Too late for me; I've had your women and your money.

You are Gordon Brown and i claim my 5 pounds

Steve Terry
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On Sun, 02 Sep 2012 13:12:46 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon
wrote:

On Sun, 2 Sep 2012 09:09:04 +0000 (UTC),
(Richard Tobin) wrote:

Antonine's Wall pre-dated Hadrian's Wall by many years.

Huh? Antoninus was Hadrian's successor and adopted son.

Younger /older, who cares?
The point is, the northernmost point of Roman occupation was
Antonine's Wall, not Hadrian's.
Fwiw, it had stuck in my head at an early age the Romans had an
initial occupation line that stopped south of the Highland Line, where
Antonine's Wall is.
It would seem that what I was taught was wrong - there was a later
push north from Hadrian's Wall to keep the savage *******s at bay and
maybe push some civilisation down their throats, along with a sword.
Ill-fated venture that was, and they had to retreat to their lonely,
wind-swept line of rocks near Carlisle.

Or as my Latin teacher put it - the slings and arrows of outrageous
Picts.